A PRAYER FOR SOCIETY (by St. John XXIII)

Posted by - July 16, 2017

O Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our souls and reign there as our peaceful sovereign. Enlighten with the splendor of faith and the charity of your tender heart the souls of those who work for the good of the people, for your poor. Impart in them your own spirit, a spirit

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Reflection on What is Truth (Part 1)

Posted by - July 16, 2017

  As Jesus stood before Pilate, the Roman official was trying to reach a decision on what to do with this Jewish preacher and possible insurrectionist. Pilate asked him, “What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my servants would be

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XV DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - July 16, 2017

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                             Is 55, l0-ll Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Intonsis ilek-ña i Saina: Taimanu ha’ na måfattu ginin i langit i ichan yan i niebi ya ti mabibira siha tåtti astaki marega i tanu’, ha na’måmåolik i edda’ yan meppa’ i tinanum, ha nåna’i i simiyå-ña atyu i

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An indigenous woman in Cancun, Mexico, shows genetically modified corn Dec. 5, 2016. (CNS photo/Alonso Cupul, EPA)

Pope: Hunger caused by ‘indifference of many, selfishness of a few’

Posted by - July 9, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The international community must not remain resigned to the plight of those suffering hunger and malnutrition, which is often caused by indifference and selfishness, Pope Francis said. In a message to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization conference July 3, the pope said wars, terrorism and forced displacements are not “inevitable

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Demonstrators rally outside the federal court in Detroit June 21 before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation. (CNS photo/Rebecca Cook, Reuters)

Avoiding deportation: Shifting policies leave many on tenterhooks

Posted by - July 9, 2017

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Immigrants facing deportation have won the occasional judicial victory, but getting a judge to hear their case poses the bigger problem in immigrants’ desperate attempt to stay in the United States. On June 26, a federal judge issued a nationwide two-week stay on the deportation of Iraqi immigrants, many of them Chaldean

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A woman religious prays July 2 during the "Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America" in Orlando, Fla. Leaders from dioceses and various Catholic organizations gathered for the July 1-4 convocation. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Changing landscape requires mutual accompaniment, convocation hears

Posted by - July 9, 2017

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church’s increasing diversity presents Catholics with the opportunity to accompany each other on the journey of faith Pope Francis envisions, a Boston College professor told delegates to the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America” in Orlando. Hosffman Ospino, associate professor of theology and

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Auxiliary Bishop Peter L. Smith of Portland, Ore., speaks with students at St. Rose School in Portland March 19. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and went through a 13-year process to become a U.S. citizen. (CNS photo/Ed Langlois, Catholic Sentinel)

Bishop who is immigrant praises newcomers to U.S. for ‘courageous spirit’

Posted by - July 9, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — It’s easy to forget that one of Oregon’s Catholic bishops is an immigrant. Portland Auxiliary Bishop Peter L. Smith, a native of South Africa, survived a laborious 13-year process to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. He thinks the nation should remember its vaunted entrepreneurial spirit comes from immigrants.

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Pope Francis blesses a sick child in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 15, 2016, during a meeting with patients and workers of Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital. Responding to an Associated Press investigation, a top Vatican official said there had been past problems at the hospital, but that the current administration was making a "serious effort to resolve them." (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Pope’s pediatric hospital is fixing past problems, says cardinal overseer

Posted by - July 9, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While there had been problems and complaints in the past, the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital was working resolve them, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, who oversees the hospital. In responding to an investigative report by the Associated Press, the cardinal told the AP July 4 there

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Philippines army soldiers ride in trucks into the fighting zone as government troops continue their assault against Islamic militants in Marawi. The Catholic bishop of Marawi dismissed as "ridiculous" proposals to negotiate for the release of a priest held captive by terrorist gunmen. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)

Marawi bishop says church can’t negotiate with terrorists who hold priest

Posted by - July 9, 2017

DAGUPAN, Philippines (CNS) — The Catholic bishop in the southern Philippine city of Marawi dismissed as “ridiculous” proposals to negotiate for the release of a priest held captive by terrorist gunmen. Speaking before a gathering of church people in the northern province of Pangasinan, Bishop Edwin de la Pena of Marawi said “there is no

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An aide carries a case containing launch codes for nuclear weapons in Washington while following President Donald Trump before his departure to Camp David June 17. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)

U.N. must help limit weapons of mass destruction, Vatican diplomat says

Posted by - July 9, 2017

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Citing the words of Pope Francis, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations said it is necessary to boost cooperation among nations to end the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, especially among terrorist organizations. Archbishop Bernardito Auza told an open debate during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council

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