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U.S. senator introduces legislation to make Easter Monday a federal holiday — By: Catholic News Agency

Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt at the CPAC D.C. conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. / Credit: DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 14, 2025 / 17:42 pm (CNA). U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, announced that he is introducing new legislation…

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Report reveals escalation of violence against Christians in the Holy Land — By: Catholic News Agency

Christians processing through the Old City of Jerusalem. / Credit: Adi Marer/Rossing Center Vatican City, Apr 14, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA). The annual report by the Rossing Center, a Jerusalem-based organization dedicated to interfaith coexistence, documented 111 cases of harassment and violence against the Christian community in Israel and East Jerusalem in 2024. The…

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Arkansas enacts religious freedom protections for adoptive parents, faith-based agencies — By: Catholic News Agency

Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the annual CPAC D.C. conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. / Credit: DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 14, 2025 / 14:32 pm (CNA). Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law…

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Pittsburgh bishop prays for end to violence after governor’s mansion arson attack — By: Catholic News Agency

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. / Credit: Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2025 / 15:32 pm (CNA). A Catholic bishop in Pennsylvania expressed shock and offered prayers after a 38-year-old man was arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to murder Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and…

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Entering the Mystical Cloud with the Angelic Doctor — By: OnePeterFive

Dr. Kwasniewski’s new book from Emmaus Academic, Anatomy of Transcendence: Mental Excess and Rapture in the Thought and Life of Thomas Aquinas, is a creative, original take on the literary corpus of the man the Church calls “the Common Doctor” (“common” because his writings are a universal treasure for the whole Church). The ordering premise…

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