DAMENGGU DISPUES DI PENTEKOSTES SANTISIMA TRINIDAD

Posted by - June 10, 2017

  FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                              Ex 34, 4-6. 8-9 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Exodus Tåftaf gi egga’an humånåo si Moises hulu’ gi Sabånan Sinai sa’ tinagu’ gui’ ni Saina, ya ha chuchuli’ i dos na tapblon åtchu’. Anai tumunuk påpa’ si Yu’us gi halum mapagåhis tumohgi guihi gi fi’un Moises ya Ha anunsia

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Senses of Scripture

Posted by - June 10, 2017

This summer I’m teaching an Introduction to the Bible course for our youth at St. Jude Parish. Our students often ask questions like, “How do I interpret the Bible?” “How do we understand the Creation story along with Evolution?” “Do we have to believe everything literally from the Bible?”  I shared a method with them

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Smoke billows from a burning building near a mosque June 2 as government troops continued their assault on Islamic militants in Marawi, Philippines. Muslim religious and political leaders in the Philippines joined a Catholic bishop in condemning the desecration of a Catholic cathedral by terrorist gunmen in the besieged city. (CNS photo/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters)

Desecration of Philippines cathedral draws wide condemnation

Posted by - June 9, 2017

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Muslim religious and political leaders in the Philippines have joined in the barrage of condemnation of the desecration of a Catholic cathedral by terrorist gunmen in the besieged city of Marawi. “Let it be known to all that Islam commands all Muslims even in war time to protect places of worship,”

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Church leaders keep asking for compassion toward immigrants

Posted by - June 9, 2017

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In early May, after the archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, made a statement about an executive order dealing with immigration, he seems to have received more than a few unhappy responses. “A few wrote to me to say, among other things, that they are dismayed at my apparent lack of respect

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This is the new coat of arms for the Archdiocese of Detroit, featuring an image of St. Anne and a door representing Capuchin Father Solanus Casey, a sainthood candidate declared "venerable" for his heroic virtues. Both were prominent intercessors for the city. (CNS photo/Archdiocese of Detroit)

‘Pray for boldness,’ archbishop implores faithful at Pentecost vigil

Posted by - June 9, 2017

DETROIT (CNS) — From the scattered languages of the tower of Babel to the apostles speaking in tongues at the first Pentecost, the methods of communication have varied over the years. The message of the Gospel, however, has not. On the eve of Pentecost 2017, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit took to a new

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Charis Willey, 25, of Newport, Shropshire, England, Emmanuel Ambrose, 23, of the Bronx, N.Y., Joshua Cordes, 29, of Yucca Valley, Calif., Daniel Cordes, 22, of Yucca Valley, Susan Nussman, 21, of Cincinnati, and Rebecca McCue, 28, of St Paul, Minn., are pictured in a June 2 photo at England's Shrewsbury Cathedral. (CNS photo/Simon Caldwell)

Ohio students helping young British Catholics experience joys of faith

Posted by - June 9, 2017

SHREWSBURY, England (CNS) — A group of American students has embarked on a mission to England in the hope of helping young Catholics grow more excited about their faith. The six theology students from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, will spend two months in the Diocese of Shrewsbury at the invitation of Bishop

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A migrant child sits on the deck of rescue ship as it arrives April 19 in Augusta, Italy. Migration should be "a choice rather than something forced or involuntary," said Philippine Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations. (CNS photo/Darrin Zammit Lupi, pool via Reuters)

Archbishop: Migration should be a choice, not ‘something forced’

Posted by - June 3, 2017

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Migration should be “a choice rather than something forced or involuntary,” said Philippine Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations. For that to happen, he cautioned, the “right to remain” must be respected. Archbishop Auza said a proposed U.N. global compact on migration must give the right

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A woman prays the rosary at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City. Pope Francis said May 26 that Christian life will be beautiful and joyful if people hold in their hearts the joy they felt when they first encountered Christ. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Prayer, memory, mission create a joy no one can take away, pope says

Posted by - June 3, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Christian road map for life’s journey is to keep Jesus in one’s heart, one’s eyes on heaven and one’s feet on the ground, spreading the Gospel, Pope Francis said. “Christian life will be beautiful and will also be joyful” if people hold in their hearts the joy they felt when

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Christian missionaries are seen in Guwahati, India, April 30. Pope Francis said May 26 that Catholics, especially members of religious orders, are called to be bold, creative and consoling "missionaries without borders. (CNS photo/Stringer, EPA)

Mission means never saying, ‘It’s always been done this way,’ pope says

Posted by - June 3, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics, especially members of religious orders, are called to be bold, creative and consoling “missionaries without borders,” Pope Francis said. Meeting May 26 with members of the general chapter of the Don Orione Sisters, the pope said focusing on the call to reach out to others and share the Gospel with

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Smoke billows near a mosque in Marawi, Philippines, May 30. Catholic bishops in the southern Philippines supported the declaration of martial law in Mindanao following an attempt by a band of gunmen claiming to be Islamic militants to seize the city. (CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters)

Mindanao bishops support ‘temporary’ martial law in wake of violence

Posted by - June 3, 2017

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Catholic bishops in the southern Philippines supported the declaration of martial law in Mindanao following an attempt by a band of gunmen claiming to be Islamic militants to seize a city in the region. “At present we simply do not have solid and sufficient facts to absolutely reject the declaration of

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