On Easter Sunday, while those in the Roman Catholic faith emerged from the desert of Lent, Father Michael Romano and a handful of seminarians willingly entered back into arid territory. Yet as they stepped foot on the dry lands of Ethiopia, they were met with an undercurrent of Lent: hope. Father Romano, coordinator of admissions
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Easter is the time "to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope and to look with confidence to the future, for Christ is risen and has changed the direction of history," Pope Francis said as he celebrated the Easter Vigil Mass.