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Jean Vanier, 90, founder of L'Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died May 7. Vanier had been suffering from cancer and was assisted at a L'Arche facility in Paris.
Church may be finished in two years
The Benedictine Sisters of Virginia celebrated their 125th anniversary in Bristow May 4. The sisters also celebrated the 150th anniversary of their founding in Richmond May 1, 1868.
In the Catholic heart of Bulgaria, Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for 245 children receiving their first Communion and thanked them for helping him, their parents and grandparents remember their own first Communion.
The Virginia Knights of Columbus held their state convention May 3-5 in Herndon.
On the day Bulgarian Orthodox celebrate as "St. Thomas Sunday" and read the Gospel about the apostle asking to touch the wounds of the risen Lord, Pope Francis said the divisions within Christianity are "painful lacerations on the body of Christ, which is the church."
Rocio Carballo came all the way from Belize to attend the recent National Catholic Educational Conference at McCormick Place Convention Center in downtown Chicago. It was her seventh year attending the convention.
The border between Venezuela and Brazil has been closed since Feb. 22, but hundreds of Venezuelan migrants still stream across daily, seeking refuge from a worsening political and economic crisis.
Leaders from the Pontifical Mission Society spent a day of their national meeting bending the ear of representatives of Congress in Washington May 1. They met with representatives of Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla.; and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; among others.
Pope Francis has donated $500,000 to assist migrants attempting to travel through Mexico, but who are increasingly being impeded by Mexican officials from reaching the U.S. border.
