VATICAN CITY (CNS) –The church is like a bicycle — it stays upright as long as it keeps moving, Pope Francis said. The first disciples “were not a closed group of the elect, but a missionary church,” boldly undertaking new initiatives prompted by the Holy Spirit, the pope said April 24 during his early morning
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sacrament of baptism isn’t a good luck charm but a gift from God that enables Christians to overcome evil, Pope Francis said. Those who receive the sacrament are given the strength to overcome “the temptation to separate from God, from his will, from communion with him (and) fall into the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Ordaining 16 men to the priesthood, Pope Francis urged them to be merciful with the people who approach them, especially in the confessional. Marking the World Day of Prayer for Vocations April 22, the pope ordained 11 men for the Diocese of Rome, four for the Family of Disciples and one
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Parents are concerned with the amount of time their children spend with media, and not knowing whether they’re making the right choices. A study unveiled April 7 during an American Psychological Association conference in Washington showed that adolescents may deserve more credit than they get. Kasey L. Powers of Mercy College in
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Convinced that faith communities would want to share prayer requests, announcements and service opportunities without going to multiple platforms and without being awash in advertising, a group of friends created an app just for that. With $2 million in seed money, Pray.com was beta tested with 100 churches in 2016. Today,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The current “culture of the temporary” makes it more difficult than ever for young people to make lifelong commitments to God, Pope Francis told a group of British seminarians. “It is good to see young people preparing to make a firm and lifelong commitment to the Lord. But this is harder
Mount Carmel School and Tribe Marianas announced that they will present two more installments in the “We Drank Our Tears” film series at the Regal Saipan Megaplex on May 2. As a follow up to last year’s Francisco Babauta’s story, the two new films will be Benjamin Abadilla’s Story and Rafael Mafnas’s Story. All three
MOUNT CARMEL School is joining the continuing celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz, or the MMB sisters, on Saipan. The school recently held a series of contests that invited students to reflect on the impact of the MMB sisters on Saipan and their school. Winners will be
Abandoned by his biological mother, a baby boy found a safe haven in the loving arms of Pollyanna, a beautiful maiden to be married to a local young lad. Was it the baby’s fate to grow under the care of someone other than his own parent? No one knows, but by then Pollyanna and her
Today is the Fifth Sunday of easter. That means there are still three more weeks of the Church’s liturgical easter Season to enjoy and soak in. In the easter Sunday issue of this column a few weeks ago, I suggested beginning a “new easter tradition” of bringing hope and perhaps help to someone else—perhaps someone
