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Gavin Ashenden
Palm Sunday
The empty chair at Easter
May 01, 2021
How I started to come to terms with my father’s death on Palm Sunday – and found strength in my faith
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: Prayers for Indonesia after cathedral attack
March 28, 2021
“Let us pray for all the victims of violence,” Pope Francis said in remarks to the faithful praying the Palm Sunday Angelus with him in St Peter’s Basilica on Palm Sunday, “especially those of this morning's attack in Indonesia, in front of the Cathedral of Makassar,” on the southwest coast of South Sulawesi.
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: Our Lord “never stopped loving”
March 28, 2021
In his homily, Pope Francis focused on the sense of amazement Holy Week evokes, from the joy with which Our Lord is greeted on entering Jerusalem to the sorrow of his condemnation, passion, and crucifixion.
Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/03/18
March 26, 2018
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
US cardinal: children are crying at school because they fear their parents will be deported
April 13, 2017
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo criticised President Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants
Priest mourns deacon son killed in Egypt terrorist attacks
April 10, 2017
Fr Danial Maher said he remembers seeing his son singing with the other deacons before the deadly explosions
Archbishop of Armagh calls for action on finding the bodies of the remaining Disappeared
April 10, 2017
Archbishop Eamon Martin made his appeal during a Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral yesterday
‘We share in the pain and heartbreak’: bishops respond to Egypt church bombings
April 10, 2017
Britain's Coptic Orthodox bishop said the bombings were a reminder 'that our life here on earth is a journey often filled with pain'
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