Read more about the article Catholic Charities adds March floods to disaster assistance program
Chris Casa Santa is once again offering a dinner and Mass at the grotto he has had built in his back yard. The grotto was inspired by the iconic grotto at the University of Notre Dame.

Catholic Charities adds March floods to disaster assistance program

Flooding follows tornados, pandemic and bombing

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Read more about the article Memorial Mass remembers those who have died during pandemic
St. Stephen Catholic Community in Old Hickory held a Memorial Mass for all parishioners and family and friends of parishioners who died during the pandemic, when restrictions often limited the number of people who could attend a funeral. Father Davis Chackaleckel, MSFS, right, pastor of St. Stephen, and Deacon Rob Montini raise the chalice and host at the end of the consecration during the Mass.

Memorial Mass remembers those who have died during pandemic

Many funerals were limited to only a handful of family members

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Read more about the article Indian priests keep close eye on pandemic in their homeland
A woman mourns outside the mortuary of a COVID-19 hospital in New Delhi May 12, 2021, after seeing the body of her son, who died after contracting the disease. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters)

Indian priests keep close eye on pandemic in their homeland

Cases, deaths in India surged during second wave of the pandemic

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Read more about the article Catholic Palestinian gets kidney transplant from slain Jewish Israeli
Arab Catholic Randa Aweis, 58, recovers from a kidney transplant with her daughter Niveen, 26, in Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, May 21, 2021. Aweis received a donor kidney from an Israeli Jew, Yigal Yehoshua, 56, who died after being hit with stones during riots in Lod, Israel. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

Catholic Palestinian gets kidney transplant from slain Jewish Israeli

Organ recipient uses her case to urge peace in the Holy Land

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Read more about the article Backyard grotto inspired by iconic Notre Dame landmark
Chris Casa Santa is once again offering a dinner and Mass at the grotto he has had built in his back yard. The grotto was inspired by the iconic grotto at the University of Notre Dame.

Backyard grotto inspired by iconic Notre Dame landmark

Dinner and Mass at the grotto has been popular auction item to benefit seminarians

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Read more about the article Pope calls for prayers for forgiveness, coexistence in Holy Land
A Palestinian woman reacts after returning to her destroyed house in Gaza May 21, 2021, following the Israel-Hamas truce. The May 21 truce followed more than a week of fighting that claimed hundreds of lives. (CNS photo/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters)

Pope calls for prayers for forgiveness, coexistence in Holy Land

Pope thanks God for halt to violence between Israelis, Palestinians

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Read more about the article Brood X cicadas don’t bug this Ohio Catholic university cicada expert
Gene Kritsky, dean of the School of Behavioral & Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, examines cicadas in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University)

Brood X cicadas don’t bug this Ohio Catholic university cicada expert

Tennessee one of 15 states where Brood X will emerge

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