The initial targets of CRS aid will be the thousands in need of shelter.
April, 2015
Pope Francis: Growing litany of modern-day martyrs+
“The Church today is a Church of martyrs: they suffer, they give their lives and we receive the blessing of God for their witness.”

The Good Shepherd and Priesthood Today+
Yes, our people want more priests but, by and large they don’t want to encourage their sons and grandsons to be priests.
Bishop’s Blog: Recalling a friend, scholar, leader, and loving priest+
What you might not hear about Cardinal George is that he had the heart of a missionary.
U.S. Ordination Class Cites Positive Impact of Families, Catholic Schools, Parish Priests+
The total number of potential ordinands for the class of 2015, 595, is up from from 477 in 2014 and 497 in 2013.
Kidnapped Nigerian girls deserve more than just a hashtag, activist says+
According to Amnesty International, at least 2,000 women have been abducted in 38 mass kidnappings in northeast Nigeria since the start of 2014.

Msgr. Murphy, 87, served in hospital apostolate+
Wake and funeral to be held April 15-16 in Mineola.

On nuclear weapons and treaties+
Peace must be the fruit of justice that is open, mutually agreed upon with a commitment to abiding by the norms of international law ...
Father Francis Nuss, 80, dies+
Wake and funeral to be held at St. Matthews, Dix Hills, April 12 and 13.
Whose Life Is It Anyway: Thoughts on Physician Assisted Suicide+
The claim that each of us is master of our own life, with the power to do with it whatever we choose, just doesn’t make sense.