NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission moves into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Read MoreO great St. Peregrine, you have been called “The Mighty,” “The Wonder-Worker,” because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being, and who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Ask of God and Our …
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MACON, GA — A smoke alarm living in the house of a local family waited patiently until all the home’s occupants went to sleep to start beeping loudly sometime around 3 A.M. to announce that its battery was low.
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The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture made by unknown Etruscan sculptors (5th century BC), with the twins Romulus and Remus added in the late 15th century AD, by sculptor Antonio del Pollaiuolo. The sculptural group depicts a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome, occurred on 21 April 753 BC.
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The October meeting in Rome will bring together presidents of bishops’ conferences from around the world to seek a response to what the pope considers a crucial issue for the Church and society.
![New York City street renamed for religious sister’s decades of service #Catholic A New York City street acquired a new name this past weekend honoring a Catholic sister’s decades of dedication to the East Harlem community.On Saturday, April 25, more than 100 people gathered to celebrate the newly named street — Sister Susanne Lachapelle Way — named for the life and legacy of Lachapelle and her contributions as a registered nurse, advocate, and Little Sister of the Assumption (LSA).“With a heart rooted in justice, she dedicated herself to serving the vulnerable through home visits, healthcare, and tireless advocacy, both locally and globally,” Rosario Jimenez, director for LSA Family in Mission, told EWTN News.The event and street naming flowed from Lachapelleʼs work with Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, a community-based nonprofit based in East Harlem. Founded by the Little Sisters, the organization offers numerous programs to help vulnerable families and children meet their basic needs.
Crowd celebrates the unveiling of the Sister Susanne Lachapelle Way street sign in East Harlem, New York, on April 25, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Alysa Jette and Grace Ayres-Doyle
The group has been in the city for almost 70 years and Lachapelle “really helped to set the trajectory for the organization,” Ray Lopez, chief program officer of LSA Family Health Service, told EWTN News.She was “a foundational visionary staff person and a leader who really, to this day, has a very profound impact on many of us who are on the staff and worked shoulder to shoulder with her, learning from her,” he said.“Since her passing, weʼve all … redoubled our efforts to find a way to keep LSAʼs original mission and vision going in this current environment,” Lopez said. “We really wanted to find ways to keep her name out there and the legacy going.”The street is on the southeast corner of East 115th Street and First Avenue. "Itʼs almost the exact midpoint of where Sister Susanne Lachapelle lived in the Little Sisters of the Assumption brownstone and where the LSA Family Health Service … center is located,” Lopez said.“She walked there every day for at least two decades,” he said. “We thought it was the appropriate place.”Sister Susanne and the Little Sisters: ‘Unsung heroes’Lachapelle entered the LSA order in 1962 and took the religious name Sister Susanne Mary of the Sacred Heart. She made her final vows in 1971.
Sister Susanne Lachapelle. | Credit: Photo courtesy of LSA Family in Mission
In her 60 years of religious life, she served in numerous areas and worked with many ministries. But for 45 years she made the community of East Harlem her home, helping to spearhead the LSA Family Health Service’s programs.As a nurse, Lachapelle conducted home visits, which “was a foundational program of LSA Family Health Service,” Lopez said. “All of the programs grew out of those interactions, those early interactions of nurses going into the homes to treat the sick and poor and really seeing conditions firsthand, sitting with families at their kitchen table, hearing their stories.”“Sister Susanne and the rest of the leadership created other programs to really provide wraparound services for families,” he said. "The Little Sisters set up a food pantry and a thrift store just to make sure that people had the very basics.”“From there, the services were about connecting people with public benefits, providing support around education, education enrichment, education navigation. A lot of … programs focused on maternal child health and early childhood development.”Along with her support for health and families, Lachapelle also had a passion for protecting the environment through her commitment to Pope Francis' Laudato Si', a call to protect our common home.
Sister Susanne Lachapelle. | Credit: Photo courtesy of LSA Family in Mission
Lachapelle decided to initiate “an environmental health component to the work that the Little Sisters were doing,” Lynn Tiede, a volunteer for LSA Health Service who worked with Lachapelle, told EWTN News.“She worked with the families and saw problems like asthma and other debilitating health things, she realized that … itʼs mold, itʼs the air quality, itʼs these other things that are really at the root of these health problems.”“Everybody was just so inspired … to see her traipsing into rough, rough buildings and just without any hesitation,” Tiede said. “If you went into a home and people were dealing with asthma, you … send in the environmental health team and then they try to work to get the building management to actually address those things.”With the success of her work, she even collaborated with the human rights group and nongovernmental organization Vivat International, where she helped bring voices and environmental issues to the United Nations, but she always remained “very, very humble,” Tiede said.Due to her humility “there were a few people who were against [the street-naming] when we proposed it, because they thought she would hate it — because she was so humble,” Tiede said.
Sister Susanne Lachapelle Way in East Harlem, New York. | Credit: Photo courtesy of LSA Family in Mission
Ultimately they chose to honor Lachapelle and the Little Sisters because they are “unsung heroes — these quiet heroes,” Tiede said.The process to get the street renamed began in 2024 and it was found to be an easier process than expected, as the city council was eager to acknowledge Lachapelle and the Little Sisters.Sister Susanne’s lasting impactAt the street naming celebration organizers “were expecting around 80 participants, but I think it was maybe 150 or a little bit more,” Jimenez said. “There were community members, families that she served, youth that she served, … volunteers, and of course, our board members and benefactors.”It honored her “simplicity and the way that she used to be a leader,” which was “was grounded in integrity, purpose, love,” Jimenez said. “Having a street named after her will honor all of that.”Reflecting on the event, Lopez said: “[It] feels like a dream because so many people came that worked with her in the past.”Despite having to move the event inside to avoid the cold and rain, the crowd of people stayed to celebrate. It “was crowded with people, and our center lobby was filled completely,” Lopez said. “It was just a very festive atmosphere.”He added: “It was really moving to have so many people there from so long ago that still feel it in their hearts, [how] the work here in East Harlem impacted their careers, impacted their lives, and that itʼs still a very significant thing for them,” he said.](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/new-york-city-street-renamed-for-religious-sisters-decades-of-service-catholic-a-new-york-city-street-acquired-a-new-name-this-past-weekend-honoring-a-catholic-sisters-decades-of-de-scaled.png)
For 45 years, Sister Susanne Lachapelle made the community of East Harlem her home, helping to spearhead the LSA Family Health Service’s programs to help the most vulnerable.
![St. Elizabeth University event highlights Mother Cabrini’s local connections #Catholic - St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, America’s first Catholic saint, significantly impacted the nation by leading efforts to care for poor Italians and marginalized people in New York City and beyond. Her extensive connections also reached into the heart of Northern New Jersey, including the Paterson Diocese.
A distinguished panel of guests highlighted Mother Cabrini’s local connections and strong advocacy for immigrants and poor communities at a discussion of “Cabrini,” the 2024 feature film about the saint. The event drew a sizable audience to the Dolan Performing Arts Center at St. Elizabeth University in Morris Township, N.J., on April 28, underscoring her local and broader impact.
This “talk back” session followed a screening of powerful and dramatic clips from “Cabrini” at St. Elizabeth’s on April 21. Both events promoted the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP), which will stop in the Paterson Diocese, N.J. at sites in Passaic and Paterson on June 14 and 15. The NEP’s Cabrini Route will travel up the Eastern Seaboard, including through the diocese, this summer.
At both the screening and the discussion, Father Cesar Jaramillo, pilgrimage stop delegate and pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock, N.J., encouraged participation in the NEP events being hosted by the diocese. He also offered theological and legal perspectives on the immigrant experience. As a panelist, he noted that the Cabrini Route “underscores what Mother Cabrini means to the East Coast because we were the witnesses of that great arrival of immigrants during her day.”
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“And the plight isn’t over. We have many immigrants still trying to provide a better life for their families by coming to the country,” Father Jaramillo said. “We can see how Mother Cabrini’s powerful example brought Christ to others and is still very much alive in the many wonderful religious we have and the wonderful work they do in favor of immigrants.”
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which Mother Cabrini founded, opened schools and orphanages for Italian immigrants despite many challenges. Mother Cabrini traveled across Europe, the Americas, and the U.S., founding 67 institutions.
Father Jaramillo also spoke about a Mother Cabrini connection in the Paterson Diocese. Bishop Emeritus Arthur J. Serratelli’s mother, Eva, received religious education in New York City from the future saint. Before the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson was rededicated in 2017, the bishop commissioned a large stained-glass window of Mother Cabrini in her honor, as part of major renovations to the diocese’s mother church.
The panel included J. Eustace Wolfington, executive producer of “Cabrini” and key organizer; Gilda Bello of Cabrini Asset Management, a journalist and promoter of Mother Cabrini’s story and mission; Carol Bezak, a St. Elizabeth’s graduate, administrator of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, N.Y., and president of the National Association of U.S. Shrines; Msgr. Paul Bochicchio, retired priest of the Newark Archdiocese, author, and chaplain/consultant on the film; Sister of Charity Judy Mertz, founding director of Josephine’s Place, a women’s outreach in Elizabeth, N.J.; and Zachary DeCarlo Jr., founder and president of ZCD Advisors, who worked with Wolfington on “Cabrini.”
Sister Mertz described how the Sisters of Charity in New York City welcomed Mother Cabrini and her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus after their arrival from Italy around 1889, sent by Pope Leo XIII. She explained a further local connection: then-Sister of Charity Mary Xavier Mehegan, herself an Irish immigrant, traveled to Convent Station to help found the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth with several fellow religious sister. Together, they established the Academy of St. Elizabeth and later the College of St. Elizabeth, now St. Elizabeth University, demonstrating how Cabrini’s influence helped shape women’s religious life in New Jersey.
“Mother Cabrini was a great model of women in the Church at that time, who had the conviction of her calling, and a deep trust in God’s providence. She had such compassion,” said Sister Mertz. She called Mother Cabrini and Mother Mehegan “catalysts for systemic change.”
The NEP is an initiative of the U.S. bishops inspired by the Eucharistic Revival, held last year in Indianapolis, which sought to “to ignite that flame of love for Jesus in the Eucharist, especially geared to young people.” The NEP also will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, Father Jaramillo said.
“Mother Cabrini’s love for Jesus in the Eucharist was without a doubt what empowered her to carry out her missionary work,” Father Jaramillo said. “We want the events of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to remind young people of her beautiful example and make them aware of how we too can exercise that same operative charity through a deep and lasting relationship with Christ in the Eucharist.”
A former parish pastoral associate in the diocese, Bezak brought a Mother Cabrini image with a third-class relic to the “talk back.” The “Cabrini” screening and “talk-back” were possible through her friendship with one of the film’s executive producers.
Initially, Wolfington, now 93, had refused a request to make a film about Mother Cabrini, but later accepted, believing he could make a better movie about her than another film company that had signed on to do it.
“Everywhere we go with the film, there’s been a transformation. People who walk in the movie are not the same people walking out, especially the young people. It’s had an incredible effect,” Wolfington said.
For questions about events in this diocese, please contact: MMoncaleano@patersondiocese.org. For registration assistance, please contact: registration@eucharisticcongress.org.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage activities in the Paterson Diocese, N.J., on June 14 and 15
Pilgrimage activities on June 14:
3:30–5 p.m.: Eucharist talk (English), Fr. Rafael Capo, Holy Rosary Church, 6 Wall St., Passaic, N.J.
3:30–5 p.m.: “Influenciados por la Eucaristía” opening talk (Spanish), P. Heriberto García, St. Nicholas, 217 President St., Passaic, N.J.
5–6:30 p.m.: Eucharistic Procession from Holy Rosary Church (6 Wall St, Passaic, N.J.) to Boverini Stadium (1.5 miles). The procession will end with the opening Mass.
6:30–8 p.m.: Opening Mass, Boverini Stadium, 262 River Dr., Passaic, N.J., with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Pilgrimage events on June 15:
3–5 p.m.: Divine Liturgy with Byzantine Catholic community at St. Michael Chapel, 415 Lackawanna Ave., Woodland Park, N.J.
5:30–7 p.m.: Eucharistic Procession starting at the Father English Center, 435 Main St., in Paterson, N.J. and ending at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 381 Grand St., Paterson, N.J.
7–8:30 p.m.: Closing Mass with Bishop Sweeney and homily by Father Casey Cole, O.F.M., at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 381 Grand St., Paterson. The municipal parking lot opens at 5 p.m. across from the Cathedral. Watch the livestream at https://rcdopcathedral.org/.
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St. Elizabeth University event highlights Mother Cabrini’s local connections #Catholic – 
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, America’s first Catholic saint, significantly impacted the nation by leading efforts to care for poor Italians and marginalized people in New York City and beyond. Her extensive connections also reached into the heart of Northern New Jersey, including the Paterson Diocese.
A distinguished panel of guests highlighted Mother Cabrini’s local connections and strong advocacy for immigrants and poor communities at a discussion of “Cabrini,” the 2024 feature film about the saint. The event drew a sizable audience to the Dolan Performing Arts Center at St. Elizabeth University in Morris Township, N.J., on April 28, underscoring her local and broader impact.
This “talk back” session followed a screening of powerful and dramatic clips from “Cabrini” at St. Elizabeth’s on April 21. Both events promoted the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP), which will stop in the Paterson Diocese, N.J. at sites in Passaic and Paterson on June 14 and 15. The NEP’s Cabrini Route will travel up the Eastern Seaboard, including through the diocese, this summer.
At both the screening and the discussion, Father Cesar Jaramillo, pilgrimage stop delegate and pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock, N.J., encouraged participation in the NEP events being hosted by the diocese. He also offered theological and legal perspectives on the immigrant experience. As a panelist, he noted that the Cabrini Route “underscores what Mother Cabrini means to the East Coast because we were the witnesses of that great arrival of immigrants during her day.”
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“And the plight isn’t over. We have many immigrants still trying to provide a better life for their families by coming to the country,” Father Jaramillo said. “We can see how Mother Cabrini’s powerful example brought Christ to others and is still very much alive in the many wonderful religious we have and the wonderful work they do in favor of immigrants.”
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which Mother Cabrini founded, opened schools and orphanages for Italian immigrants despite many challenges. Mother Cabrini traveled across Europe, the Americas, and the U.S., founding 67 institutions.
Father Jaramillo also spoke about a Mother Cabrini connection in the Paterson Diocese. Bishop Emeritus Arthur J. Serratelli’s mother, Eva, received religious education in New York City from the future saint. Before the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson was rededicated in 2017, the bishop commissioned a large stained-glass window of Mother Cabrini in her honor, as part of major renovations to the diocese’s mother church.
The panel included J. Eustace Wolfington, executive producer of “Cabrini” and key organizer; Gilda Bello of Cabrini Asset Management, a journalist and promoter of Mother Cabrini’s story and mission; Carol Bezak, a St. Elizabeth’s graduate, administrator of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, N.Y., and president of the National Association of U.S. Shrines; Msgr. Paul Bochicchio, retired priest of the Newark Archdiocese, author, and chaplain/consultant on the film; Sister of Charity Judy Mertz, founding director of Josephine’s Place, a women’s outreach in Elizabeth, N.J.; and Zachary DeCarlo Jr., founder and president of ZCD Advisors, who worked with Wolfington on “Cabrini.”
Sister Mertz described how the Sisters of Charity in New York City welcomed Mother Cabrini and her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus after their arrival from Italy around 1889, sent by Pope Leo XIII. She explained a further local connection: then-Sister of Charity Mary Xavier Mehegan, herself an Irish immigrant, traveled to Convent Station to help found the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth with several fellow religious sister. Together, they established the Academy of St. Elizabeth and later the College of St. Elizabeth, now St. Elizabeth University, demonstrating how Cabrini’s influence helped shape women’s religious life in New Jersey.
“Mother Cabrini was a great model of women in the Church at that time, who had the conviction of her calling, and a deep trust in God’s providence. She had such compassion,” said Sister Mertz. She called Mother Cabrini and Mother Mehegan “catalysts for systemic change.”
The NEP is an initiative of the U.S. bishops inspired by the Eucharistic Revival, held last year in Indianapolis, which sought to “to ignite that flame of love for Jesus in the Eucharist, especially geared to young people.” The NEP also will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, Father Jaramillo said.
“Mother Cabrini’s love for Jesus in the Eucharist was without a doubt what empowered her to carry out her missionary work,” Father Jaramillo said. “We want the events of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to remind young people of her beautiful example and make them aware of how we too can exercise that same operative charity through a deep and lasting relationship with Christ in the Eucharist.”
A former parish pastoral associate in the diocese, Bezak brought a Mother Cabrini image with a third-class relic to the “talk back.” The “Cabrini” screening and “talk-back” were possible through her friendship with one of the film’s executive producers.
Initially, Wolfington, now 93, had refused a request to make a film about Mother Cabrini, but later accepted, believing he could make a better movie about her than another film company that had signed on to do it.
“Everywhere we go with the film, there’s been a transformation. People who walk in the movie are not the same people walking out, especially the young people. It’s had an incredible effect,” Wolfington said.
For questions about events in this diocese, please contact: MMoncaleano@patersondiocese.org. For registration assistance, please contact: registration@eucharisticcongress.org.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage activities in the Paterson Diocese, N.J., on June 14 and 15
Pilgrimage activities on June 14:
3:30–5 p.m.: Eucharist talk (English), Fr. Rafael Capo, Holy Rosary Church, 6 Wall St., Passaic, N.J.
3:30–5 p.m.: “Influenciados por la Eucaristía” opening talk (Spanish), P. Heriberto García, St. Nicholas, 217 President St., Passaic, N.J.
5–6:30 p.m.: Eucharistic Procession from Holy Rosary Church (6 Wall St, Passaic, N.J.) to Boverini Stadium (1.5 miles). The procession will end with the opening Mass.
6:30–8 p.m.: Opening Mass, Boverini Stadium, 262 River Dr., Passaic, N.J., with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Pilgrimage events on June 15:
3–5 p.m.: Divine Liturgy with Byzantine Catholic community at St. Michael Chapel, 415 Lackawanna Ave., Woodland Park, N.J.
5:30–7 p.m.: Eucharistic Procession starting at the Father English Center, 435 Main St., in Paterson, N.J. and ending at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 381 Grand St., Paterson, N.J.
7–8:30 p.m.: Closing Mass with Bishop Sweeney and homily by Father Casey Cole, O.F.M., at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 381 Grand St., Paterson. The municipal parking lot opens at 5 p.m. across from the Cathedral. Watch the livestream at https://rcdopcathedral.org/.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
[See image gallery at beaconnj.org] – St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, America’s first Catholic saint, significantly impacted the nation by leading efforts to care for poor Italians and marginalized people in New York City and beyond. Her extensive connections also reached into the heart of Northern New Jersey, including the Paterson Diocese. A distinguished panel of guests highlighted Mother Cabrini’s local connections and strong advocacy for immigrants and poor communities at a discussion of “Cabrini,” the 2024 feature film about the saint. The event drew a sizable audience to the Dolan Performing Arts Center at St. Elizabeth University in Morris Township, N.J., on April 28, underscoring her
![12 Ringwood youth confirmed by Bishop at Mass #Catholic - On April 25, St. Catherine of Bologna Parish in Ringwood, N.J., welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who celebrated Mass. He also confirmed 12 youth during the liturgy. Father Pawel Szurek, pastor of St. Catherine’s, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. Father Jared Brogan, director of the Worship Office of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., served as master of ceremonies of the Mass.
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12 Ringwood youth confirmed by Bishop at Mass #Catholic – 
On April 25, St. Catherine of Bologna Parish in Ringwood, N.J., welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who celebrated Mass. He also confirmed 12 youth during the liturgy. Father Pawel Szurek, pastor of St. Catherine’s, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. Father Jared Brogan, director of the Worship Office of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., served as master of ceremonies of the Mass.
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– On April 25, St. Catherine of Bologna Parish in Ringwood, N.J., welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who celebrated Mass. He also confirmed 12 youth during the liturgy. Father Pawel Szurek, pastor of St. Catherine’s, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. Father Jared Brogan, director of the Worship Office of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., served as master of ceremonies of the Mass. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
The Archdiocese of Atlanta is launching Sacred Heart Virtual Academy, an online high school program for students in Georgia and beyond.
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. April 29: Jupiter nudges up to Wasat Venus ends the month of April near a pair of 4th-magnitude stars in Taurus the Bull: Kappa (κ) and Upsilon (υ) Tauri. The bright planet now lies to the upper right of 1st-magnitude Aldebaran, theContinue reading “The Sky Today on Thursday, April 30: Venus poses with a pair of stars”
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The barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image.
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Former President Barack Obama lashed out at the United States Supreme Court for crippling the racial gerrymandering schemes practiced by his party, and Americans were quick to put him in his place.
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Fox News Media Vice President, Jason Hermes, has been fired after he was caught bragging about spending thousands of dollars at strip clubs on the Fox Corporate card.
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Kiev Regime’s rampant corruption is hitting the press.
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Read MoreGlorious St. Joseph,
model of all those who are devoted to labour,
obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously,
putting the call of duty above my many sins;
to work with thankfulness and joy,
considering it an honour to employ and develop,
by means of labour,
the gifts received from God;
to work with order,
peace, prudence and patience,
never surrendering to weariness or difficulties;
to work, above all,
with purity of intention,
and with detachment …
A reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
Acts 13:13-25
From Paphos, Paul and his companions
set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.
But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.
On the sabbath they entered into the synagogue and took their seats.
After the reading of the law and the prophets,
the synagogue officials sent word to them,
“My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation
for the people, please speak.”
So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said,
“Fellow children of Israel and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.
With uplifted arm he led them out,
and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
he gave them their land as an inheritance
at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.
After these things he provided judges up to Samuel the prophet.
Then they asked for a king.
God gave them Saul, son of Kish,
a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Then he removed him and raised up David as their king;
of him he testified,
I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
he will carry out my every wish.
From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel;
and as John was completing his course, he would say,
‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
Behold, one is coming after me;
I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’"
From the Gospel according to John
13:16-20
When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
I am not speaking of all of you.
I know those whom I have chosen.
But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.
From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
How can we understand if we truly have faith, that is, if our faith, while miniscule, is genuine, pure, sincere? Jesus explains this by indicating what the measure of faith is: service. (…) This attitude toward God is also reflected in the manner of behaviour in the community: it is reflected in the joy of being at the service of one another, finding one’s reward already therein, and not in the recognition and gains that may derive from it. (…). Unworthy servants, that is, without expecting to be thanked, without pretexts. “We are unworthy servants” is an expression of humility and willingness, which does much good for the Church and recalls the right attitude for working within her: humble service, of which Jesus gave the example, by washing the feet of the disciples. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 6 October 2019)
Read More![Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s effort to remove Haitian, Syrian migrants – #Catholic – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the temporary legal status of Haitian and Syrian migrants.Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for migrants from Syria, Haiti, and other countries. If the court rules that her actions are lawful, the administration could order the removal of more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.The Trump administration argued April 29 that the executive branch has broad discretion to terminate TPS for any country. The challengers, representing the migrants, argued Noem failed to follow the proper procedure and accused officials of unlawfully using racist beliefs about migrants to make their determinations.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged the administration to extend TPS status for both countries.Migrants’ lawyers challenge TrumpAhilan Arulanantham, who argued on behalf of the Syrians, recognized that the administration has “broad” discretion in determining TPS status but argued that Noem failed to follow proper procedure in her decision-making.Even though he said Noem can make the final decision to terminate TPS, he noted that the law requires Noem to consult with relevant agencies before deciding. He argued that Noem did not adequately consult with agencies prior to making the decision.“We cannot challenge on the ground that she’s wrong,” Arulanantham acknowledged, ”… [but] what is reviewable is whether she actually asks anything and gets any information about country conditions.”He said that one basis for Syria’s TPS designation was armed conflict, “but the secretary never consulted the State Department about the armed conflict.” Rather, he argued, “she terminated based on the national interest.”“We don’t argue about the levels; we don’t argue about the amount,” Arulanantham said. “All we say is [there] has to be deliberation about a subject. They have to talk about country conditions.”Justices questioned those arguments, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressing Arulanantham, asking him whether Noem could have consulted with the State Department on those subjects, and terminated the status, even if there was strong evidence in favor of extending it.Arulanantham said she could have, which led Barrett to assert the procedure appears to simply be a “box-checking exercise.”Justice Samuel Alito argued that if the administration has broad discretion in the “determination” of whether TPS status is extended: “If we apply the ordinary meaning of that term here, I really don’t understand how you can prevail.”Justice Elena Kagan appeared sympathetic to the claim that the court could review whether the administration followed procedures but that scrutinizing whether Noem consulted with agencies about proper or improper subjects “seems harder to me than the procedural argument.”Geoffrey Pipoly, who represented the Haitians, argued Noem’s review of the termination for his clients “was a sham,” saying the decision was “a preordained result driven by the president’s resolve to end TPS for Haiti no matter what.”He accused the president of “racial animus toward non-white immigrants and bare dislike of Haitians in particular,” citing Trump’s remark that Haiti is an “[expletive]-hole country” and his assertion that migrants were “eating the dogs and eating the cats.”Kagan questioned the argument, noting the Trump administration broadly scaled immigration back, stating: “I don’t quite see how that operates when all of these programs went.”Alito pressed Pipoly on what constitutes “white” and “non-white,” and said: “You have a really broad definition of who’s white and who’s not white. As I said, I don’t like dividing people of the world into these groups.”Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defended the argument, noting that only predominantly non-white countries have TPS status.‘Broad discretion’U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the law does not permit judicial review of Noem’s decision to terminate TPS, arguing that Noem had “broad discretion” over how she considered whether to extend the status for those countries.“Any determination — with respect to designation, extension, or termination — is not subject to judicial review,” Sauer told the justices.Sauer said the secretary can determine which agencies are appropriate to consult and could even determine there are no proper agencies to consult. He accused the other side of simply claiming her consultation “wasn’t quite enough.”“Seeking input is consultation, seeking advice from someone knowledgeable is a form of consultation,” he said, arguing the secretary has broad discretion to decide what constitutes consultation.Sauer said these decisions are “traditionally entrusted to the political branches” and accused the district courts that halted TPS terminations of “appointing themselves junior varsity secretaries of state.”He also rejected the allegations of racism, saying “not a single one of [Trump’s comments] mentions race or relates to race.” He said they always refer to “crime, poverty, welfare dependency, drugs, [and] drug importation,” among other issues.Kagan challenged the suggestion there could be no judicial review at all, noting that Congress enacted a statute that requires consultation and “it set forth procedural steps that have to be followed.”“The Constitution … [says] due process applies to any alien who lives in the United States,” she said. “It applies to all people living here. … They’re entitled to due process. Now Congress has given them a process. It may not be a court process, but that’s OK. It’s a process and you’re saying … it’s unreviewable whether the president has followed that process.”Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration judge, told “EWTN News Nightly” that terminating the status would not remove every person who entered through TPS if the administration succeeds in court because some people have other forms of lawful status, such as a student visa.“If they are here and they are not in lawful status and they donʼt have removal orders, [the Department of Homeland Security] is then going to have to take them all and put them into removal proceedings, get a removal order, and then remove them from the United States,” he said.](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-trumps-effort-to-remove-haitian-syrian-migrants-catholic-the-u-s-supreme-court-heard-oral-arguments-in-a-legal-challenge-to-efforts-from-president-dona.jpg "Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s effort to remove Haitian, Syrian migrants – #Catholic – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the temporary legal status of Haitian and Syrian migrants.Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for migrants from Syria, Haiti, and other countries. If the court rules that her actions are lawful, the administration could order the removal of more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.The Trump administration argued April 29 that the executive branch has broad discretion to terminate TPS for any country. The challengers, representing the migrants, argued Noem failed to follow the proper procedure and accused officials of unlawfully using racist beliefs about migrants to make their determinations.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged the administration to extend TPS status for both countries.Migrants’ lawyers challenge TrumpAhilan Arulanantham, who argued on behalf of the Syrians, recognized that the administration has “broad” discretion in determining TPS status but argued that Noem failed to follow proper procedure in her decision-making.Even though he said Noem can make the final decision to terminate TPS, he noted that the law requires Noem to consult with relevant agencies before deciding. He argued that Noem did not adequately consult with agencies prior to making the decision.“We cannot challenge on the ground that she’s wrong,” Arulanantham acknowledged, ”… [but] what is reviewable is whether she actually asks anything and gets any information about country conditions.”He said that one basis for Syria’s TPS designation was armed conflict, “but the secretary never consulted the State Department about the armed conflict.” Rather, he argued, “she terminated based on the national interest.”“We don’t argue about the levels; we don’t argue about the amount,” Arulanantham said. “All we say is [there] has to be deliberation about a subject. They have to talk about country conditions.”Justices questioned those arguments, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressing Arulanantham, asking him whether Noem could have consulted with the State Department on those subjects, and terminated the status, even if there was strong evidence in favor of extending it.Arulanantham said she could have, which led Barrett to assert the procedure appears to simply be a “box-checking exercise.”Justice Samuel Alito argued that if the administration has broad discretion in the “determination” of whether TPS status is extended: “If we apply the ordinary meaning of that term here, I really don’t understand how you can prevail.”Justice Elena Kagan appeared sympathetic to the claim that the court could review whether the administration followed procedures but that scrutinizing whether Noem consulted with agencies about proper or improper subjects “seems harder to me than the procedural argument.”Geoffrey Pipoly, who represented the Haitians, argued Noem’s review of the termination for his clients “was a sham,” saying the decision was “a preordained result driven by the president’s resolve to end TPS for Haiti no matter what.”He accused the president of “racial animus toward non-white immigrants and bare dislike of Haitians in particular,” citing Trump’s remark that Haiti is an “[expletive]-hole country” and his assertion that migrants were “eating the dogs and eating the cats.”Kagan questioned the argument, noting the Trump administration broadly scaled immigration back, stating: “I don’t quite see how that operates when all of these programs went.”Alito pressed Pipoly on what constitutes “white” and “non-white,” and said: “You have a really broad definition of who’s white and who’s not white. As I said, I don’t like dividing people of the world into these groups.”Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defended the argument, noting that only predominantly non-white countries have TPS status.‘Broad discretion’U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the law does not permit judicial review of Noem’s decision to terminate TPS, arguing that Noem had “broad discretion” over how she considered whether to extend the status for those countries.“Any determination — with respect to designation, extension, or termination — is not subject to judicial review,” Sauer told the justices.Sauer said the secretary can determine which agencies are appropriate to consult and could even determine there are no proper agencies to consult. He accused the other side of simply claiming her consultation “wasn’t quite enough.”“Seeking input is consultation, seeking advice from someone knowledgeable is a form of consultation,” he said, arguing the secretary has broad discretion to decide what constitutes consultation.Sauer said these decisions are “traditionally entrusted to the political branches” and accused the district courts that halted TPS terminations of “appointing themselves junior varsity secretaries of state.”He also rejected the allegations of racism, saying “not a single one of [Trump’s comments] mentions race or relates to race.” He said they always refer to “crime, poverty, welfare dependency, drugs, [and] drug importation,” among other issues.Kagan challenged the suggestion there could be no judicial review at all, noting that Congress enacted a statute that requires consultation and “it set forth procedural steps that have to be followed.”“The Constitution … [says] due process applies to any alien who lives in the United States,” she said. “It applies to all people living here. … They’re entitled to due process. Now Congress has given them a process. It may not be a court process, but that’s OK. It’s a process and you’re saying … it’s unreviewable whether the president has followed that process.”Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration judge, told “EWTN News Nightly” that terminating the status would not remove every person who entered through TPS if the administration succeeds in court because some people have other forms of lawful status, such as a student visa.“If they are here and they are not in lawful status and they donʼt have removal orders, [the Department of Homeland Security] is then going to have to take them all and put them into removal proceedings, get a removal order, and then remove them from the United States,” he said.")
The debate focused on whether the Trump administration followed the proper procedure and adhered to relevant laws.
The new board members said they are inspired by the university’s move toward building a stronger Catholic identity and the hope they see in young people.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled an $11 million federal contract that served families and vulnerable children including unaccompanied minors.
U.S. bishops had told the court in an amicus brief that compelling disclosure of a religious organization’s financial support violates the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump presented King Charles with a beautiful new toothbrush as part of the monarch’s visit to the United States.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a devastating setback to the Democratic Party, the United States Supreme Court ruled today that they have to stop being racist.
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![Bishop winds up first pitch at St Elizabeth’s game #Catholic - Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Eagles of St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., on April 24. The doubleheader baseball game was held at Vincent J. and Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Morristown, N.J., against the Saints of Marymount University in Arlington, Va.
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Bishop winds up first pitch at St Elizabeth’s game #Catholic – 
Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Eagles of St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., on April 24. The doubleheader baseball game was held at Vincent J. and Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Morristown, N.J., against the Saints of Marymount University in Arlington, Va.
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– Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Eagles of St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., on April 24. The doubleheader baseball game was held at Vincent J. and Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Morristown, N.J., against the Saints of Marymount University in Arlington, Va. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney’s Schedule: May, 2026 #Catholic – 
| 5/1 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/2 | Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. |
| 5/3 | Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. |
| 5/4 | Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. |
| 5/5 | Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops Meeting – the Diocese of Metuchen. |
| 5/6 | Wed., 7 p.m. “An Evening with Jay Wright” – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison. |
| 5/7 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Hewitt. |
| 5/8 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Butler. |
| 5/9 | Sat., 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Luke Parish, Long Valley; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Michael Parish, Netcong. |
| 5/10 | Sun., 9 a.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Lukasz Wnuk – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains; 11:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Christopher Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/11 | Mon., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Mendham. |
| 5/12 | Tue., 10 a.m. May Crowning for elementary schools – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Lincoln Park. |
| 5/13 | Wed., 1:15 p.m. Mass – Our Lady’s Blue Army, The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Asbury, N.J. |
| 5/14 | Thu., The Ascension of the Lord, 6 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham; 8 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham. |
| 5/15 | Fri., 10 a.m. St. Elizabeth University Commencement, Morristown; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. James of the Marches Parish, Totowa. |
| 5/16 | Sat., 10 a.m. Gathering with deacon candidates and their wives – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison; 1 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Passaic; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains. |
| 5/17 | Sun., 12 p.m. Confirmation – St. Mary Parish, Denville; 4 p.m. Mass for the closing of the school anniversary year – St. Gerard Majella Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/18 | Mon., 1 p.m. Presbyteral Council – Chancery, Clifton; 5:30 p.m. National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) Certificate in Catechetical Ministry and Religious Education Graduation Mass – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
| 5/19 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/21 | Thu., 7 p.m. Diocesan Pastoral Council. |
| 5/22 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/23 | Sat., 12 p.m. Confirmation – Sacred Heart and Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Dover; 5:30 p.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Stephen Prisk – St. Anthony Parish, Hawthorne. |
| 5/24 | Sun., Pentecost Sunday, 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Paul Parish, Clifton; 1 p.m. Spanish Mass – St. Paul Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/25 | Mon., Memorial Day, 10:30 a.m. Memorial Day, Mass – Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Paterson. |
| 5/26 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/28 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/29 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish, Cedar Knolls. |
| 5/30 | Sat., 10 a.m. Permanent Diaconate ordination – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson. 5 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Mount Arlington. |
| 5/31 | Sun., 12:30 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic; 3 p.m. First Communion gathering – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
– 5/1 Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. 5/2 Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. 5/3 Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. 5/4 Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. 5/5 Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops
The book compiles essays by 21 authors on the pastoral, political, spiritual, and ecological imprint that Pope Francis left on the Church and on society.
Since Friday, rebel groups have carried out more than two dozen attacks on civilians and military bases, just ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for May 31.
There is a “big pushback happening” against assisted suicide, said Alex Schadenberg, executive director for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. April 28: Ganymede passes through Jupiter’s shadow This evening, you can spot the planet Jupiter just a Full Moon’s width from the magnitude 3.5 star Wasat, also cataloged as Delta (δ) Geminorum. As the sky grows dark this evening after sunset GeminiContinue reading “The Sky Today on Wednesday, April 29: Jupiter nudges up to Wasat”
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Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox.
Read MoreEternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Amen.
Read MoreA reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
Acts 12:24—13:5a
The word of God continued to spread and grow.
After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission,
they returned to Jerusalem,
taking with them John, who is called Mark.
Now there were in the Church at Antioch prophets and teachers:
Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,
Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul
for the work to which I have called them.”
Then, completing their fasting and prayer,
they laid hands on them and sent them off.
So they, sent forth by the Holy Spirit,
went down to Seleucia
and from there sailed to Cyprus.
When they arrived in Salamis,
they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.
From the Gospel according to John
12:44-50
Jesus cried out and said,
“Whoever believes in me believes not only in me
but also in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
I came into the world as light,
so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them,
I do not condemn him,
for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words
has something to judge him: the word that I spoke,
it will condemn him on the last day,
because I did not speak on my own,
but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life.
So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”
Jesus promised he would give everyone “rest”, but on one condition: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart”. What is this “yoke” which lightens instead of burdening, which instead of oppressing, uplifts? The “yoke” of Christ is the law of love, it is his commandment which he bequeathed to his disciples (cf. Jn 13:34; 15:12). The true remedy for humanity’s wounds, both material — such as hunger and injustice in all its forms — and psychological and moral, caused by a false well-being, is a rule of life based on fraternal love, whose source is in the love of God. For this reason it is necessary to abandon the way of arrogance, of violence used to obtain ever more powerful positions, to assure oneself of success at any price. It is also necessary to give up the aggressive attitude with regard to the environment which has prevailed in recent centuries and to adopt a reasonable “gentleness”. However, in human, interpersonal and social relations above all, the rule of respect and of non-violence, namely, the power of the truth against every kind of abuse is what can assure a future worthy of the human being. (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 3 July 2011)
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How massages, yoga, sound baths, and tiny portions (sigh) helped me put things into perspective.
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An arrest warrant was issued for former FBI Director James Comey after he was indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina related to his Trump assassination post on Instagram.
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The O’Keefe Media Group on Tuesday released undercover video of a Fox News Media VP bragging about spending money at strip clubs and charging it to Fox Corporate cards.
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Lara Logan Will Speak in Madison Wisconsin on May 2 Guest post by Rolf Lindgren Let’s get ready to rock and roll!
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The pontiff said the Holy See’s diplomatic service is a unique ministry rooted in peace, truth, and justice and directed not only to Catholics but also to the entire human family.
![Maryland Supreme Court: State cannot reveal names of individuals who allegedly hid Church abuse #Catholic Prosecutors in Maryland may not reveal the names of individuals who allegedly hid or failed to report Church abuse, the state Supreme Court said April 27. As part of its investigation into alleged abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the state attorney generalʼs office had sought to make public the details of a grand jury report, including the identities of individuals who have not been charged with a crime but who allegedly failed to stop abuse from occurring. A lower court granted the attorney generalʼs request to publish the information, with an appellate court partly upholding that decision. Yet in its April 27 ruling, the Maryland Supreme Court reversed those decisions, holding that the attorney generalʼs office did not “meet [the] burden” of justifying the release of the identities. “Many grand jury investigations obtain damaging information and allegations about uncharged individuals that the public might benefit from learning,” the high court acknowledged. But “one of the primary purposes of grand jury secrecy is to protect uncharged persons from public disgrace in the absence of a criminal charge and a forum in which to seek vindication,” it said. “A court may not order disclosure of secret grand jury material, over the objection of an uncharged individual, for the purpose of holding that person accountable in the court of public opinion,” the justices said. The court noted that the attorney generalʼs office had argued that the “intensity of public interest” in the case could justify revealing the identities.Yet “the interests promoted by grand jury secrecy do not increase or decrease based on how much the public wants to learn the information contained in grand jury materials,” the court said.The decision comes amid ongoing court proceedings in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which filed for bankruptcy in September 2023 ahead of a wave of sex abuse claims filed against it under the Maryland Child Victims Act. Earlier this month, the archdiocesan insurer Hartford Insurance Group proposed contributing $100 million to a settlement for abuse victims. The archdiocese in 2024 sued multiple insurers over what it claimed was a failure to pay abuse claims for which the insurers were contractually obligated.In 2024 Archbishop William Lori attended two court-ordered “listening sessions” with alleged victims of sexual abuse, with the prelate describing himself as "deeply moved by their very powerful testimony.”](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/maryland-supreme-court-state-cannot-reveal-names-of-individuals-who-allegedly-hid-church-abuse-catholic-prosecutors-in-maryland-may-not-reveal-the-names-of-individuals-who-allegedly-hid-or-failed-to-scaled.jpg "Maryland Supreme Court: State cannot reveal names of individuals who allegedly hid Church abuse #Catholic Prosecutors in Maryland may not reveal the names of individuals who allegedly hid or failed to report Church abuse, the state Supreme Court said April 27. As part of its investigation into alleged abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the state attorney generalʼs office had sought to make public the details of a grand jury report, including the identities of individuals who have not been charged with a crime but who allegedly failed to stop abuse from occurring. A lower court granted the attorney generalʼs request to publish the information, with an appellate court partly upholding that decision. Yet in its April 27 ruling, the Maryland Supreme Court reversed those decisions, holding that the attorney generalʼs office did not “meet [the] burden” of justifying the release of the identities. “Many grand jury investigations obtain damaging information and allegations about uncharged individuals that the public might benefit from learning,” the high court acknowledged. But “one of the primary purposes of grand jury secrecy is to protect uncharged persons from public disgrace in the absence of a criminal charge and a forum in which to seek vindication,” it said. “A court may not order disclosure of secret grand jury material, over the objection of an uncharged individual, for the purpose of holding that person accountable in the court of public opinion,” the justices said. The court noted that the attorney generalʼs office had argued that the “intensity of public interest” in the case could justify revealing the identities.Yet “the interests promoted by grand jury secrecy do not increase or decrease based on how much the public wants to learn the information contained in grand jury materials,” the court said.The decision comes amid ongoing court proceedings in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which filed for bankruptcy in September 2023 ahead of a wave of sex abuse claims filed against it under the Maryland Child Victims Act. Earlier this month, the archdiocesan insurer Hartford Insurance Group proposed contributing $100 million to a settlement for abuse victims. The archdiocese in 2024 sued multiple insurers over what it claimed was a failure to pay abuse claims for which the insurers were contractually obligated.In 2024 Archbishop William Lori attended two court-ordered “listening sessions” with alleged victims of sexual abuse, with the prelate describing himself as \"deeply moved by their very powerful testimony.”")
“Uncharged individuals” may not be exposed to the “court of public opinion” in grand jury documents, the state high court ruled.
Diocese of Paterson clergy appointments: April 28, 2026 #Catholic – 
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney announced the following appointments:
Father Manuel Cuellar
has been appointed pastor of the newly formed St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Parish, Paterson, effective April 12, 2026, Divine Mercy Sunday.
Father Krzysztof Liwarski
has been appointed hospital chaplain at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, with continued residence at Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic, effective May 18, 2026.
Father Pawel Tomczyk, Ph.D.,
has been appointed episcopal vicar for Evangelization with residence at St. Paul Inside the Walls Evangelization Center, effective July 1, 2026.
Father Paul S. Manning
has been appointed pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Mendham, while continuing as vicar for Education, effective July 1, 2026.
Father Pawel Bala
has been appointed pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Flanders (Mount Olive Township), effective July 1, 2026.
Father Mateusz Darlak
has been appointed pastor of St. Cecilia Parish, Rockaway, effective July 1, 2026.
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– Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney announced the following appointments: Father Manuel Cuellar has been appointed pastor of the newly formed St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Parish, Paterson, effective April 12, 2026, Divine Mercy Sunday. Father Krzysztof Liwarski has been appointed hospital chaplain at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, with continued residence at Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic, effective May 18, 2026. Father Pawel Tomczyk, Ph.D., has been appointed episcopal vicar for Evangelization with residence at St. Paul Inside the Walls Evangelization Center, effective July 1, 2026. Father Paul S. Manning has been appointed pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Mendham, while
As a student, it’s wise to pick up clues from your teacher — whether it’s their expectations of you, what they might include on the final exam, and whether they are plotting to assassinate the U.S. President.
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U.S. — On the heels of yet another attempted act of political violence being used for laughs by late-night talk show hosts, Americans expressed a deep longing for the good old days when comedians were funny and didn’t wish death on people.
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The Rain Vortex at night. The world’s largest and tallest indoor waterfall, 40 metres (130 ft) high. In Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
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![Florida diocese set to debut ‘Trinity Village’ offering tiny homes for seniors - #Catholic - The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, is preparing to debut an intimate village of micro-homes priced for seniors at risk of homelessness.The dioceseʼs "Trinity Village," located just a few blocks from Pensacola Bay on the Florida Panhandle, will offer the "tiny homes" at "affordable rents to individuals experiencing housing insecurity."The “target population” for the small parcel of homes is senior citizens, the diocese says, pointing out that the senior demographic is “one of the more vulnerable segments of the population” regarding housing costs.Groundbreaking for the project took place in September 2024. The site of the village was previously a vacant lot; the parcel is located directly behind the diocesan pastoral center.
Pensacola-Tallahassee Bishop William Wack (center) poses with other leaders at the site of Trinity Village in Pensacola, Florida, in September 2024. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Construction of the homes took place throughout 2025. The roughly 300-square-foot houses include a sleeping area, kitchen, living room, dining room and a bathroom, as well as on-site laundry.
Houses in Trinity Village in Pensacola stand under construction in July 2025. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Deacon Ray Aguado, the executive director of the Trinity House project, told EWTN News that the Pensacola population has increased “significantly” in recent years, while housing stock has not kept pace.“Rents in the area have increased and, in some cases, have more than doubled in the past 12-24 months,” he said. “Many citizens, especially seniors, make sacrifices in order to cover their higher cost of housing.”“These sacrifices include foregoing health care, cutting back on buying healthy foods, or missing meals altogether,” he noted.“Trinity Village will offer these tiny homes at affordable rents to these seniors,” he said. “Trinity Village will also offer case management and mentoring services to support residents in their personal growth and ensure they maintain sound physical and financial health.”Rent is expected to run $500 for the homes, with that price including utilities.At the outset of the project, Pensacola-Tallahassee Bishop William Wack described the project as a “wonderful way for this community to come together” and support a vulnerable population.“This is what we do as a Church. We donʼt just come together to pray, though that is an important part of what we do,” he said. “We come together [also] to build up the kingdom, to serve our brothers and sisters.”](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/florida-diocese-set-to-debut-trinity-village-offering-tiny-homes-for-seniors-catholic-the-diocese-of-pensacola-tallahassee-florida-is-preparing-to-debut-an-intimate-village-of.jpg)
The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee says the homes will include “affordable rents” to seniors at risk of homelessness.
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The X-59’s tail and jet engine feature a new marking — a Freedom 250 logo celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026.
Read MoreLook down upon me, good and gentle Jesus
while before Your face I humbly kneel and,
with burning soul,
pray and beseech You
to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
of faith, hope, and charity;
true contrition for my sins,
and a firm purpose of amendment.
While I contemplate,
with great love and tender pity,
Your five most precious wounds,
pondering over them within me
and calling to mind the words which David,
Your prophet, said to You, my Jesus:
“They have …
Read MoreA reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
Acts 11:19-26
Those who had been scattered by the persecution
that arose because of Stephen
went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to no one but Jews.
There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among them, however,
who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well,
proclaiming the Lord Jesus.
The hand of the Lord was with them
and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
The news about them reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem,
and they sent Barnabas to go to Antioch.
When he arrived and saw the grace of God,
he rejoiced and encouraged them all
to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart,
for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and faith.
And a large number of people was added to the Lord.
Then he went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch.
For a whole year they met with the Church
and taught a large number of people,
and it was in Antioch that the disciples
were first called Christians.
From the Gospel according to John
10:22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem.
It was winter.
And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,
“How long are you going to keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe.
The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.
But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice;
I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
No one can take them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.
The Father and I are one.”
These words help us to understand that no one can call himself a follower of Jesus, if he does not listen to His voice. And this “listening” should not be understood in a superficial way, but in an engaging way, to the point of making possible a true mutual understanding, from which one can come to a generous following, expressed in the words, ‘and they follow me’ (v. 27). It is a matter of listening not only with ears, but listening with the heart! And so, the image of the shepherd and the sheep indicates the close relationship that Jesus wants to establish with each one of us. He is our guide, our teacher, our friend, our model, but above all he is our Saviour. In fact, the following expressions from the Gospel passage affirm, “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand” (v. 28). Who can say that? Only Jesus, because the “hand” of Jesus is one thing with the “hand” of the Father, and the Father is “greater than all” (cf. v. 29). (Pope Francis, Regina Caeli, 17 April 2016)
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