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A 72-year-old religious sister has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to disarm a man stabbing a priest at a Catholic church in Nice, southeastern France. Sister Marie-Claude reportedly intervened after a 31-year-old man entered the Saint-Pierre d’Arene church before Sunday Mass on April 24 and repeatedly stabbed Father Krzysztof Rudziński. She received a wound to the forearm and was taken to a hospital along with the 57-year-old priest. The Diocese of Nice said in an April 24 statement that neither the sister nor the priest suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident, which police said was not related to terrorism.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251051/extraordinary-courage-nun-intervenes-to-stop-man-stabbing-catholic-priest-in-france
In an Easter message to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis expressed hope that the Holy Spirit would “make us true peacemakers, especially for war-torn Ukraine.” Catholic bishops across Europe have appealed to Kirill — who is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin — to speak out against the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Pope Francis announced last week that the Vatican had canceled plans for a June summit with Patriarch Kirill in Jerusalem. It would have been the second meeting between the two leaders since their historic encounter in Cuba in 2016.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251052/pope-francis-to-russian-orthodox-leader-patriarch-kirill-let-s-be-true-peacemakers-for-ukraine
Today the Church celebrates Saint Mark the Evangelist, the author of the second Gospel and the patron saint of notaries. Mark is said to have traveled with Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journey through Cyprus, and to have founded the Church in Alexandria.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-mark-the-evangelist-444