Professor Liviu Librescu was 76 years old, a Holocaust survivor and a professor of engineer mechanics at Virgnia Tech. The Jerusalem Post reports: As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 75-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech…

Thanks to reader Melissa for alerting us to the news that Audrey Santo passed away over the weekend. After two decades of attracting believers and inspiring others to recommit to their Catholicism, Audrey Marie Santo has died. The 23-year-old was in a coma-like state since she nearly drowned in her family’s pool in 1987, and…

You’ll want to watch this – two versions, one in German, the other Italian (this one slightly longer). Interesting footage of the Pope saying Mass in the chapel in the Apostolic Palace (ad orientem – in Italian, I think. ), a Pope’s-eye view of the Angelus, riding the elevator, a walk in the Vatican Gardens,…

Horror in Blacksburg. Mysterious, dark senseless evil. My son, David graduated from Virgnia Tech last spring, but still lives in Blackburg, working on campus. He is safe, but deeply, understandably upset, and reported that they were commanded to shut down the store and leave campus by police around 9:30 this morning. God rest the souls…

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