Tornadoes exact deadly toll in Oklahoma; area needs 'a lot of prayers'

(CNS photos/Gene Blevins, Reuters) 

By Catholic News Service
OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) -- Even after the initial death toll was cut by more than half, the human and material devastation of a string

Vermont now 'death state' with doctor-assisted suicide law, bishop says

By Joseph Austin, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Now that Vermont allows "doctor-prescribed suicide," the "magnificent landscape of this state, which echoes life

Jericho Recognition Day celebrates volunteers, accomplishments of disabled

Story and photos by David Martin
HOLYOKE – Recognizing individuals who encourage and care take of people with disabilities at the Bureau for Exceptional Children and

Six Sisters of Providence celebrate special anniversaries of religious life

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Staff report
HOLYOKE – The Sisters of Providence (SP) observed milestone anniversaries of six of their members during a Mass of Thanksgiving