A Catholic deacon in Omaha, Neb., has been murdered, with his adult son now in custody as the suspected killer.

The change means that when a priest’s visa runs out, he can travel abroad briefly to renew it and return without a prolonged absence – helping parishes maintain stability in a time of growing priest shortages.

According to Julie St. Croix, director of the Office of Parish Renewal within the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Institute for Evangelization, 62 parishes participate in the archdiocese’s sister parish program. The idea is to create “a multi-level active connection between two parishes to see themselves as one,” she said.

I was looking around, wondering whether the Mass would be offered in a different space, when a man passed me pushing a rolling cart.

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