By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With “post-truth” being crowned “Word of the Year” by Oxford Dictionaries, Pope Francis’ urgent call to communicate trust and hope could not have come at a better time. Helping people see the world with “realism and trust” must be encouraged as well as fostering encounter,
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians who do not remember the graces they received by God in the past can lose hope, turning into cowards who buckle in difficult times, Pope Francis said. A Christian who doesn’t remember the past and hope for the future is a person who
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed for an end to the daily violence and brutality waged by fundamentalist extremists in the Middle East. “Your sufferings are our sufferings. I join you in praying for an end to the conflict and for God’s closeness to those who have endured
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims and survivors of one of the worst wildfires in Chile’s history. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, expressed the pope’s sentiments in a message dated Jan. 23 to Bishop Santiago Silva Retamales of the Military
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Divided Christians need to recognize the gifts God has given to other communities and learn from them “without waiting for the others to learn first,” Pope Francis said. Leading an ecumenical evening prayer service Jan. 25 for the close of the Week of Prayer for
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ATICAN CITY (CNS) — While there is a need to evangelize a culture that tells young people money equals success and commitments aren’t forever, stopping the “hemorrhage” of people leaving religious orders also requires changes from the orders themselves, Pope Francis said. “Alongside much holiness — there is much
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 58, 7-10 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Esti ilek-ña i Saina: Na’fanmañagi i manñålang ni aggun-miyu, na’fanlihing i mañatsaga yan i manai-gima’; Na’fanminagågu i mangesnuda yanggin en li’i’ siha, ya cha’-miyu bibira i tattalu’-miyu kontra i mismu tåotåo-miyu. Pues i kandit-miyu u fanina taiguihi i chatanmak ya i chetnut-miyu u
Sometimes there is a tension in my gut that reflects the contradictions of life. On the one hand, I’m old enough to enjoy stability. I don’t like things constantly changing, as if I needed to jump from one block of ice to another in a swift flowing river just to keep from drowning. I seemed
Vocation day has been one of the highlights of Mt. Carmel School celebration of the Annual Catholic School’s Week. Last Wednesday, led by His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez, the clergy, religious and some lay faithful visited the classrooms of students from 3rd to 12th grade to speak about vocation. Students listened attentively as priests and
By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service is the theme this year for Ntional Catholic Schools Week. To celebrate this year’s theme and Catholic education, Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja have a slate of activities planned for Catholic Schools Week, which kick-off this past Sunday, January 29 with a Eucharistic celebration
