If Pope Francis played baseball, some people might say that he nearly batted for the cycle this morning.
First, in morning homily, he stressed importance of life at every level.
For a double-whammy, the pope later also said this about clergy sexual abuse.
Then he added this about the reality of the devil in the 21st-century.
In other news ...
A Holocaust survivor/poet has fond memories of JPII.
Catholic voices weigh in on climate change.
On his blog, Father Z offers audio Stations of the Cross in time for Holy Week.
As tax day approaches, maybe you'll find some comfort in this.
A hat-tip to @CatholicHound for this: France has banned work emails by employees during these times.
Palm Sunday is approaching — are you ready?
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Gretchen R. Crowe is editor of OSV Newsweekly. Follow her @GretchenOSV.