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Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with thousands of young people taking part in a pilgrimage organized by the Italian bishops' conference in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Light of risen Christ dispels darkness of fear, pope tells young people 

Fears ‘must be brought to light’

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Read more about the article St. Stephen free lunch program grows with the need [Photo Gallery]
St. Stephen Catholic Community in Old Hickory and the Hunger Relief Program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville have partnered to provide free lunches every Thursday to vulnerable families. Davidson Academy seniors, from left, Nadia Hendrix, Gracie Wimsatt, Olivia Cribbs and Kaylea Johnson, prepare lunch plates. The students volunteered at the program on Thursday, April 14, as part of a community service project. Their teacher Amy Welsh is a St. Stephen parishioner and the daughter of Sue Cartier, one of the coordinators of the Thursday Lunch program.

St. Stephen free lunch program grows with the need [Photo Gallery]

‘This is just a feel-good ministry’

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Read more about the article With martial arts, priest helps students make body, mind, soul connection 
Father Guy Roberts instructs Atlas Jackson, a student at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis, in taekwondo March 9, 2022. Father Roberts, a black belt in taekwondo, is pastor of St. Barnabas Parish. (CNS photo/John Shaughnessy, The Criterion)

With martial arts, priest helps students make body, mind, soul connection 

Lessons can help students deepen their relationship with God

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Read more about the article Priest says pope’s visit to Congo will let world know about its conflicts 
Internally displaced Congolese women and children, who fled from recurrent earth tremors after the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, shelter inside a church in Sake, Congo, May 28, 2021. (CNS photo/Djaffar Al Katanty, Reuters)

Priest says pope’s visit to Congo will let world know about its conflicts 

Nation’s divisions have led to ‘violations of human dignity’

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