Headlines for April 02, 2021

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 Pope celebrates surprise Holy Thursday evening Mass with ousted cardinal
 Joyful proclamation, persecution, and the cross go together, Pope preaches at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass
 Mexican-US border bishops issue statement on migrants
 Pope Francis, Grand Imam write forewords to book on Human Fraternity document
 Gunfire targets Missouri convent
 The Eucharist is the ‘life and center of the Church,’ Cardinal Re preaches at evening Mass of Holy Thursday
 Papal gratitude for 100,000 messages of well-wishes from Buenos Aires

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Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhlūf, Priest

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The Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-1868) is celebrated today. He was a Lebanese monk, born in a small mountain village and ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty-three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, Saint…

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