GOOD FRIDAY, April 2, 2010
The Crucifixion, from left: Giotto, 1304-1305; Masaccio, 1426; Michelangelo (sculpture), 1492; Raphael, 1502; and Van der Weyden, Entombment of Christ, 1451.
OR today.
'The oil of God's mercy'
At the Chrismal Mass yesterday, Benedict XVI asks for rejection of injustice,
even when raised to a 'right' as abortion is.
Other Page 1 stories: An editorial to mark the fifth anniversary today of John Paul II's death; a brief item
on German Chancellor again praising the measures taken by the German bishops on the sex-abuse problem;
India starts a new census today - current estimates place its population at 1.28 billion; donor nations
at the UN agree to lay out $5.3-billion in rehabilitation aid for Haiti over the next two years. In the inside
pages, two stories on the sex-abuse issue: a report on statements earlier this week by Cardinal Levada and
Milwaukee Bishop Listecki; and a summary of bishops' statements of support fo the Pope at the Chrismal
Masses yesterday.
THE POPE'S DAY
5:00 PM - Celebration of the Passion of our Lord, St. Peter's Basilica
9:15 PM - Via Crucis at the Colosseum
Today, we also remember:
THE VENERABLE JOHN PAUL II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla) (1920-2005)
ST. FRANCESCO DI PAOLA(b Italy 1419, d France 1507), Franciscan, Hermit, Founder of the Minims
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