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Tributes from business leaders and politicians alike described Jennifer Riordan — the 43-year-old passenger who died April 17 from injuries suffered on Southwest Flight 1380 when its engine exploded — as a devoted mother, community leader, mentor and volunteer.
Close to 100 financiers, philanthropists, artists, tech experts, physicians, politicians and religious leaders spent more than an hour in a Vatican meeting room talking about tenderness. A project called "Humanity 2.0," supported by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, designed the daylong event April 20 to kick off a process of connecting people with different resources, but who all are committed to improving the lives of others.
The life of a baby was saved from abortion March 29 — Holy Thursday — according to witnesses Linda and Robert Dwyer.
The gelato was offered by the pope, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as part of his name day celebration April 23. He provided 3,000 servings of ice cream — mostly vanilla cones with chocolate and nuts on top, but also a few pistachio cones and a couple strawberry ones — to soup kitchens and homeless shelters around Rome.
With $2 million in seed money, Pray.com was beta tested with 100 churches in 2016. Today, 6,000 faith communities and thousands of other groups use the app to host their members' need for prayer and offers of support, as well as to recruit volunteers for local service projects and to collect donations, said two of the co-founders.
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, unexpectedly celebrated Mass April 21 at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Clifton.
Pope Francis appointed three women as consultors to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It marks the first time women and laypersons were named as active contributors — not support staff.
Before going to the big dance, boys find the perfect way to pop the question.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge will celebrate Solemn Vespers and the Conferral of Papal Honors for the three new monsignors of the Diocese of Arlington May 6 at 7 p.m. the Cathedral of St. Thomas, 3901 Cathedral Lane in Arlington.
Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins called for special prayers after a van jumped a curb and killed at least 10 people on a busy Toronto street.
