1. On Sunday in Sri Lanka, Catholics celebrated their first Sunday Mass since the Easter attacks

2. Also on Sunday at Mass in Burkina Faso, a 34-year-old priest, Fr. Simeon Yampa, was killed during a church attack.

3. Chris Arnade on Back Row America

4. An “Instant Family” kind of story from Texas

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7. Fr. Robert Barron has a new book out urging Catholics not to abandon the Church in the wake of a new season of scandal.

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9. Karen Swallow Prior on childlessness on Mother’s Day.

10. A 4-year-old made a promise to his sister after she died. He kept it for 13 years.

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