A local militant Islamic State group took responsibility for the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, and the MIAC President’s Council met as scheduled Thursday to consider bylaw changes. Reporter Alex Panos has today’s News in :90.
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For this Lenten season, some St. Thomas students are making non-traditional sacrifices like pants and beds.
Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the church in decades, with questions about his handling of cases of pedophile priests and the Vatican acknowledging its “moral credibility” was on the line. Benedict made no direct mention of the scandal in his Palm Sunday homily. But one of the prayers, recited in Portuguese during Mass, was “for the young and for those charged with educating them and protecting them.” Jesus Christ, Benedict said in his homily, guides the faithful “toward the courage that doesn’t let us be intimidated by the chatting of dominant opinions, towards patience that supports others.”
