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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican , Sunday, April 5, 2015. In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Cautious hope ran through Francis' "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message, a kind of papal commentary on the state of the world's affairs, which he delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Square. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, Pool)

Pope’s Easter message: In this violent world, what we need is Christ’s resurrection

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Rebecca Hagelin and her daughter, Kristin Carey.

REBECCA HAGELIN: Holy Week meditation on Jesus’ Crucifixion suffering, sacrifice

By Rebecca Hagelin and Kristin Carey

FILE - In this June 19, 2014, file photo, Gary Lyon, left, of Leechburg, Pa., and Bill Samford, of Hawley, Pa., celebrate after a vote allowing Presbyterian pastors discretion in marrying same-sex couples at the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Cobo Hall, in Detroit. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved redefining marriage in the church constitution Tuesday, March 17, 2015, to include a "commitment between two people," becoming the largest Protestant group to formally recognize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddings in every congregation. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Guralnick, File)

Presbyterian critics: community’s ‘gay marriage’ vote ignores Christian consensus

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The "Risen Balloon" bears a smiling portrait of Jesus Christ, and will take an inaugural flight at Easter time. (Image courtesy of Sky Sail Balloons and The Joyful Noiseletter)

Jesus Christ aloft: Hot air balloon to feature massive, smiling portrait of Christ

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Egyptian workers wait after having crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras Jdir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. A group of almost 200 Egyptians have crossed into Tunisia from Libya, the first of thousands expected to flee the turmoil in the country. The execution of 21 Egyptian Christians by extremists and retaliatory Egyptian airstrikes has prompted many Egyptians to want to leave Libya. Authorities said 192 Egyptians went through the Ras Jdir border crossing Friday and headed to the Djerba airport where they will fly back to Cairo. (AP Photo/Ali Manssour)

North African solution requires interreligious encounters, charity: Pope Francis

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A women light candles in a church as she prays for peace in eastern Ukraine in St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kiev, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on Thursday emerged from marathon 16-hour talks to announce a comprehensive peace deal for eastern Ukraine, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on all of its terms. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The war in Ukraine: a failure to evangelize?

By Sofia Kochmar - Catholic News Agency

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright poses with President Obama in Chicago in 2005, three years before the pastor’s comments shook the Obama campaign. (Trinity United Church of Christ via Associated Press)

STEVE DEACE: Jesus says Obama isn’t a Christian

By Steve Deace

Da Vinci addresses the importance of lightweight structures and illustrates the structure of a mechanical wing in the codex on plans for human flight.

CHRISTIANITY TODAY: How was the Bible chosen?

Newly elected cardinals attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Pope Francis welcomed 20 new cardinals Saturday into the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor and immediately delivered a tough-love message to them, telling them to put aside their pride, jealousy and self-interests and instead exercise perfect charity. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis’ call to new cardinals: Be captivated by truth

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency