VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Let us beg the Lord, God of mercy and peace, to free the world from this inhuman violence,” Pope Francis prayed after a week of deadly terrorist attacks in Africa and Europe. Reciting the Angelus prayer at midday, the pope asked an estimated 10,000 people in St. Peter’s Square to pray
ST. PAUL, Ore. (CNS) — Hundreds of solar eclipse viewers Aug. 21 watched the sky grow dim and then witnessed the spectacular dancing white corona of the sun’s edge from alongside Oregon’s oldest Catholic church. Built in 1846, St. Paul Church in the small town of St. Paul was already venerable the last time it
KNOCK, Ireland (CNS) — The president of the 2018 World Meeting of Families stressed that “there is no such thing as the ideal family” but that “there is an ideal of family,” which is what the church is seeking to promote through the international gathering of families in Ireland. In his homily delivered to a
This Wednesday the Church will remember St. Jeanne Jugan, a holy woman known for caring for the poor, especially the elderly. The congrega- tion of the “Little Sisters of the Poor,” of which she was the foundress, takes a fourth vow of “Hospitality to the elderly” in which they promise to de- vote themselves entirely
The slogan “Make America Great Again” during the last election cycle challenged the electorate to believe that somehow America had fallen from greatness and that a vote for Trump would put us back on the right track as a nation. The slogan begs the question of what exactly is this “greatness” that has been lost
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 22, 19-23 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Taiguini ilek-ña i Saina as Shebna, ma’gas i palåsyu: “Bai Hu na’suha håo ginin i che’cho’-mu yan bai Hu hålla håo påpa’ ginin i puestom-mu. Ennåo na ha’åni bai Hu ågang i tentago’-hu as Eliakim, lahin Hilkiah; Bai na’minagågu
This is one of my favorite gospel stories. The part I wish to reflect on though is Jesus’ question to the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?”. Peter speaks up and replies, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God”. He confesses that Jesus is truly the Son of God. Jesus
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a week in which natural disasters, war and racial conflicts dominated the headlines, Pope Francis prayed that Mary would bring peace to a divided world. After reciting the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption, the pope asked Mary to obtain “for everyone consolation and a future of serenity
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When passing through the storm of life’s difficult moments, Christians must latch on to Christ and not the false sense of security offered by psychics and soothsayers, Pope Francis said. Speaking to pilgrims before reciting the Angelus Aug. 13, Pope Francis talked about the day’s Gospel passage, which recounts the story
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The just-war criteria that would justify armed conflict with North Korea over its nuclear testing and threats to launch missiles have not been met, said ethicists interviewed by Catholic News Service. Those criteria include right intention, last resort and proportionality. “Preventive war in North Korea would be morally unjustifiable,” said Gerard Powers,
