A Pastoral Letter on the Common Good and Gambling: an appeal to reconsider HLB 20-48
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Peace! As your Bishop, I must exercise my obligation to inform you about several pending bills in our legislature that will affect the common good if enacted into law. These pending bills deal with gambling. Leadership in a community is a sacred trust. It is the responsibility of everyone in the community – but particularly,
The Tongues of Fire
By: AMBROSE MILTON BENNETT “Go ye and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father, son and holy-ghost”. This is one of the more notable verses in the Bible yet the use of tongue to spread God’s word has many rivals. The media of today has taken the lead in catching our
DAMENGGU DISPUES DI PENTEKOSTES SANTISIMA TRINIDÅD
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Dt 4, 32-34. 39-40 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun ‘Deuteronomy’ Ilek-ña si Moises nu i taotåo siha: “Fanmamaisin på’gu taiguihi i antigu na tiempu, åntis di i tiempun-miyu, desdi atyu na tiempu anai ha na’huyung si Yu’us i taotåo gi hilu’ i tanu’; fanmamaisin desdi un puntan långit asta i ottru: Kåo
Church is a mother, not a bachelor, pope says at morning Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without its feminine dimension, the Catholic Church risks becoming an old boys club and incapable of love, Pope Francis said. The church must “remain female” and “have this attitude of a wife and mother” who nurtures her children, the pope said in his homily May 21 during a morning Mass commemorating
Confirmation gives Catholics strength to be led by God, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone who has received the sacrament of confirmation has received the gift of the Holy Spirit, who guides them and gives them the strength to follow God’s will, Pope Francis said. “Every one of us has the Spirit within us. The Spirit is in our heart, our soul,” the pope said
Pray for families, receive an indulgence, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics who participate in the World Meeting of Families in Dublin in August or pray with their families during the Aug. 21-26 event can receive a plenary indulgence, the Vatican announced. An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment a person is due for sins that have been forgiven. The
Pope: Church must go where people are indifferent, hostile to the faith
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The most desolate places in the world in need of Christ are where people are indifferent, even hostile to God and his love, Pope Francis said. The church’s mission is to bring the faith to the ends of the earth, he said, especially to these “extreme peripheries,” and to use the
Catholic college graduates urged to make difference for those in need
WASHINGTON (CNS) — University of Notre Dame graduates were asked May 21 to take stock of where they are going and what they will do with their talents. “Today you have the opportunity to decide what you will be beyond this point. Will you say yes to God’s plan in your life?” Sister Normal Pimentel,
Saipan Pilgrims Travelled to Rome for the 50th Anniversary of the Neocatechumenal Way
By: Julie Anne Loong If you ask any of the pilgrims who participated early this month in the pilgrimage to Rome, to describe it in one word, they would reply with, “Beautiful.” In fact, it was more than beautiful. It was perfect. On April 26, 2018, Bishop Ryan Jimenez bestowed a send- off blessing on