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The Eucharist is a sacred mystery to Catholics and, as the Most Rev. Mark Bartchak, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown said Monday in prayer, it is "the

Senate approves Langerholc bill

Every so often, usually when Erie County is trying to find money for the library system, somebody suggests selling Childe Hassam’s painting, “Summer Afternoon, Isle of Shoals.” It’s a magnificent painting by the man who is widely considered the father of American Impressionism. I recall a prominent local businessman suggesting that the county hire a painter to duplicate “Summer Afternoon,” and then sell the original, which in 2018 was thought to be worth more than $2 million. During...

CNA Staff, May 4, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- The Justice Department (DOJ) is backing a small community church suing Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, arguing that the state cannot single out churches for public health restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Lighthouse Fellowship Church on Virginia’s Eastern Shore filed suit last week against Northam’s stay-at-home order prohibiting church gatherings with more than ten people inside. The DOJ filed a statement of interest on Sunday in the ...