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<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220317T1315-KENTUCKY-TORNADOES-RECOVERY-MADISONVILLE-1523622.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Madisonville, Ky., parish is a hub
for post-tornado resources for many" />

Madisonville, Ky., parish is a hub
for post-tornado resources for many

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By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead MADISONVILLE, Ky. — While Christ the King Church in Madisonville did not suffer damage from the tornadoes that struck western…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220316T1645-INFLATION-FOOD-BANKS-NEEDY-1523499-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Higher prices for food, gas
squeeze food banks, pantries and clients" />

Higher prices for food, gas
squeeze food banks, pantries and clients

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By Michael Stechschulte DETROIT — A trip to the grocery store is giving shoppers sticker shock over staples such as a gallon of milk….

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220316T1115-SYRIA-WAR-ZENARI-1523529.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="After 11 years of conflict, Syria
‘off media’s radar,’ cardinal says" />

After 11 years of conflict, Syria
‘off media’s radar,’ cardinal says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — As much of the world’s attention is turned toward the pandemic and the current crisis in Ukraine,…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220316T1040-KENTUCKY-TORNADOES-RECOVERY-SHED-CHAPEL-1523024.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="With church destroyed, parish maintains
community in shed-turned-chapel" />

With church destroyed, parish maintains
community in shed-turned-chapel

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By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. — They have called it “Catholic Hill” for years, but never dreamed the hill would become the…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220316T0745-POPE-AUDIENCE-GENERATIONS-1523473-1024x624.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pope says elderly must be prophets,
warning of world’s ‘self-destruction’" />

Pope says elderly must be prophets,
warning of world’s ‘self-destruction’

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By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — In a world still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and starting to feel the threat of nuclear…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20211122T1500-BLACK-CATHOLICS-PEW-REPORT-1512710.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Black Catholics worship more
with other races than solely their own" />

Black Catholics worship more
with other races than solely their own

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON — A Pew Research Center study has found that only one-fourth of U.S. Black Catholics worship in majority-Black parishes. “That…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220314T1130-MEXICO-BORDER-UKRAINE-1523276.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Ukrainians’ plight renews debate on
health measure at U.S.-Mexico border" />

Ukrainians’ plight renews debate on
health measure at U.S.-Mexico border

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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — A Ukrainian family who was repeatedly denied entry into the U.S. by Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220314T1456-KENTUCKY-TORNADO-RECOVERY-MCDONALD-1523122-1024x732.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Illinois woman waits on own plans
so she can volunteer in Kentucky diocese" />

Illinois woman waits on own plans
so she can volunteer in Kentucky diocese

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By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead OWENSBORO, Ky. — Patty McDonald had just closed on her townhouse in Illinois and planned to spend the holidays with…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220314T1045-KENTUCKY-TORNADOES-RECOVERY-MEDLEY-1523266.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Thankful for monetary donations,
bishop says recovery, rebuilding are focus" />

Thankful for monetary donations,
bishop says recovery, rebuilding are focus

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By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead OWENSBORO, Ky. — Shortly after he was ordained the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro, Bishop William F. Medley…