Advent is the season of waiting. John the Baptist had been waiting his whole life. When Jesus came on the scene, John sent a delegation to ask if He was the one, or should they expect someone else? Jesus responded: “Tell John: the blind see and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 40, 1-5. 9-11 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Kunsuela i taotåo-hu, kunsuela siha, ilek-ña i Yi’os-mu. Kuentusi suåbi iya Hirusalen, yan sangåni gui’ na esta nahung pinadesin-ñiha, esta manma’asi’i i isao-ñiha; Magåhit, esta marisibi ginin i kannai i Saina dos buettas put i isao-ñiha siha. Un
A guilty pleasure of mine is reading Dan Brown novels. You might remember that he is the author who wrote “The DaVinci Code”. That controversial novel played up the conspiracy theory that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus. His novels are usually controversial, as religion always has a role to play in the unfolding
YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Jesus’ love “is like a spiritual GPS” that guides people past the everyday obstacles of fear and pride and allows them to find their way to a relationship with God and with their neighbors, Pope Francis said. Christ’s message of “forgiveness and mercy uses a logic that not all will want
HOUSTON (CNS) — Part reunion, part crash course in Catholic teaching and navigating the current political climate both in the U.S. and back home in the Philippines, and part celebration of all things Texas, a national assembly for Filipino priests brought faith and culture full circle in Houston. Hosted by a local organizing committee, the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If people really understood that participating at Mass is witnessing Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection, then maybe they would stop taking pictures, talking, making comments and acting as if it were some kind of show, Pope Francis said. “This is Mass: to enter into Jesus’ passion, death, resurrection and ascension. When
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Growing up in St. Louis, Susanna Spencer loved her family’s Advent tradition of adorning a Jesse Tree with Old Testament symbols leading up to Christ’s birth. She continued the tradition while in college at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, where she met her husband, Mark. “After seeing (Advent traditions)
YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Christians and Buddhists are called by faith to overcome evil with goodness and violence with peace, Pope Francis said during a meeting with leaders of Myanmar’s Buddhist community. Quoting St. Francis of Assisi and Buddha, the pope insisted that in a land where the powerfully bonded pairing of religion and ethnicity
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Second Vatican Council continues to have an enduring impact on the Catholic Church and on the papacy of Pope Francis, according to the Vatican’s top diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. That gathering of bishops from around the world presented a new paradigm of a “world church — a church with a global
YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — In a small, informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders, Pope Francis went to the heart of his message for Myanmar: unity, not uniformity, is the secret to peace. Representatives of the Baptist, Anglican, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as leaders from ecumenical organizations, briefly told the
