Wednesday Basics

Wednesday of the Second Week in Easter

Mass Readings and Homily

Saint of the Day

On This Day in Catholic History
1161 Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, died.

1506 Commissioned by Pope Julius II, the foundation stone was laid for the new Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.

On This Day in Pro-life History
2007 - The US Supreme Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.

Birthdays

1605 - Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (d. 1674)

1819 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)

1838 - Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)

1924 - Henry Hyde, American politician

1940 - Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist, Nobel laureate

1946 - Hayley Mills, English actress

1967 - Maria Bello, American actress

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