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A 17th-century monastery in northern Italy where recently canonized St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion was in ruins after a massive fire ravaged the historic building.

The Central African Republic is one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world. For years, it has been ravaged by civil war, tribal conflicts, and a lack of prospects for young people. It was here that a Capuchin priest decided to start something that might have sounded too crazy to many — a music school.

On Oct. 1, the church celebrates the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux — the beloved “Little Flower” whose “little way” of love continues to inspire countless souls more than a century after her death.

Bishop Mark A. Eckman of Pittsburgh is calling for prayer, following a deadly explosion at a US Steel facility in Pennsylvania Aug. 11 that killed at least one and injured 10, with one person still unaccounted for.