The Church must practice love

Posted by - February 17, 2017

“I wear a size 10, or even a 10 ½,” he said as he leaned his face down toward the gap in the window so that we could hear him from behind the glass that separates our office from the outside hallway. “See these old ones?” and he pointed to the shoes and held up

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VII DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - February 17, 2017

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Lev 19. 1-2. 17-18 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Levitico Ilek-ña i Saina as Moises, “Kuentusi interu i kumunidån Israelitas ya un sangåni siha: Na’fañåntus hamyu, sa’ Guåhu i Saina, i Yi’us-miyu, såntus Yu’. “Cha’-miyu pepe’lu gi kurason-miyu chinatli’i’ kontra i che’lun-miyu. Maseha debidi en lalåtdi i prohimun-miyu, cha’-miyu nina’fani’isåo put siha.

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A man examines coins displayed at the World Money Fair in Berlin Feb. 3. Pope Francis wrote in his Feb. 7 Lenten message that money can chain people to a selfish logic that leaves no room for love and hinders peace. (CNS photo/Felipe Trueba, EPA)

Money, pride make people ignore God’s word, neglect others, pope says

Posted by - February 12, 2017

 By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without making room for God’s word in their heart, people will never be able to welcome and love all human life, Pope Francis said. “Each life that we encounter is a gift deserving acceptance, respect and love,” the pope said in his message for Lent,

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Pope Francis holds a booklet with an image of Sudanese St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 8. Marking the feast of St. Bakhita, a former slave, the pope urged Christians to help victims of trafficking and migrants. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

At audience, pope leads prayers for migrants, trafficking victims

Posted by - February 12, 2017

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Marking the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former slave, Pope Francis urged Christians to help victims of human trafficking and migrants, especially the Rohingya people being chased from Myanmar. For the Catholic Church, St. Bakhita’s feast day, Feb. 8, is a day of prayer

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Pope Remembers Beatification of ‘Christ’s Samurai’ in Japan

Posted by - February 12, 2017

Justus Takayama Ukon, Japanese Feudal Lord Who Gave Up Every Privilege and Accepted Exile to Follow the Gospel ‘Yesterday, in Osaka, Japan, Justo Takayama Ukon, loyal Japanese layman, who was martyred in Manila in 1615 was beatified.’ Pope Francis remembered during his weekly General Audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall this morning, noting: “Rather

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A Philippine crime scene investigator inspects a gun used in a 2016 murder in Novaliches. A Philippine cardinal has urged the faithful of his country to tell their lawmakers that the death penalty does not deter violent crime, could potentially legitimize violence and that life is a gift from God. (CNS photo/Mark A. Cristino, EPA)

Philippine cardinal: Tell legislators death penalty does not deter crime

Posted by - February 12, 2017

By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — A Philippine cardinal has urged the faithful of his country to tell their lawmakers that the death penalty does not deter violent crime, could potentially legitimize violence and that life is a gift from God. In a letter addressed to Catholics of the Manila Archdiocese as the

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A 12-year-old orphan living with HIV poses for a photo at the Baan Dek Thammarak orphanage in Lopburi, Thailand, March 7, 2016. (CNS photo/Diego Azubel, EPA)

God loves all his children, even the ‘homely,’ pope says at Mass

Posted by - February 12, 2017

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Book of Genesis makes clear that God gave human beings three great gifts: their identity as children of God, their role as protectors and custodians of creation and the call to love, Pope Francis said. The love and tenderness of God are seen in

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Only a slave to God’s love understands true freedom, pope says

Posted by - February 12, 2017

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The freedom that comes from receiving the gift of a joyful Christian life can only come to those who are held captive by God’s love, Pope Francis said. People who are afraid of God’s gift of love, however, seek only the rigid adherence to

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 2 in Washington. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

Spiritual, not monetary, success defines America, Trump says

Posted by - February 12, 2017

By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – “Spiritual success” is a more accurate measure for the United States than wealth, according to likely billionaire President Donald Trump in remarks Feb. 2 at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. “America is a nation of believers,” Trump said. “In towns across the land, we see

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