Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon celebrates Easter with mass; no hint about closed churches

CLEVELAND (OH)
The Plain Dealer

By Michael O’Malley, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — On one of Christianity’s holiest days, Catholics from throughout Greater Cleveland packed the pews Sunday at the 1,200-seat Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland for Easter Mass.

Adorned in white vestments, Bishop Richard Lennon of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland presided over the holy ritual as the faithful joined him in song and prayer.

In his sermon, Lennon talked about three adult converts to Catholicism — a woman and two men — whom he had baptized during Holy Saturday services the previous day.

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