VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Medical advancements do not help if they treat people as objects or when they are applied only to those people who are not considered a burden and “deserve” to be helped, Pope Francis said. In addition, euthanasia, which is legal in a number of places, “only seemingly promises to promote personal
CANNELTON, Ind. (CNS) — Tom Huber, former parish council president at St. Michael’s Parish in Cannelton, was touched by the note he received this summer from a mother who wanted to make a special birthday wish come true for her son. “My name is Amanda Noles. I am the mother of a sweet boy, Cayden,
SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Crowding around a painted portrait of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish friar who died in a German concentration camp during World War II, prison inmates and retreat leaders smiled for a group photo at a recent July retreat. A longtime effort of Kolbe Prison Ministries and Texas diocesan correction ministries, Kolbe
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Boys on the sideline of the football practice field at Cretin-Derham Hall High School this summer fell silent one afternoon as they waited for the football camp’s afternoon session to start. What they heard next was not a coach’s whistle, but small bells carried by someone walking in front of
Editors Note: NorthStar wanted to introduce our readers to Mrs. Margaret C. DelaCruz and the Commision on Liturgy who will be having their regular column in our diocesan paper every week dedicated to Liturgy.) Welcome to the section on Liturgy in our NorthStar. Starting this Sunday, September 8th, on the Birthday of our Blessed Virgin
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day. World Suicide Prevention Day gives organizations, government agencies and individuals a chance to promote awareness about suicide, mental illnesses associated with suicide, as well as suicide prevention. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and World Health Organization (WHO) each play a key role in promoting this
“Stay fit and healthy” is everyone’s mantra, but the demand is tough in attaining it, which means shredding off excess fat, doing regular exercise, strict diet, good sleep, avoid stress and do things in moderation, but how moderate is moderation? The regiment of prescription must be followed if you want the desired result for good
A few weeks ago, Michael, one of my sons, was vacationing in Hawaii, on the big island. The tour guide suggested that they take a short cut through the mountains to get to the other side of the island. However, near the ridge of the mountain, Mauna Kea, they ran into stopped traffic as a
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Wis 9, 13-18b Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Tinemtum Håyi na tåotåo tumungu’ i akunsehun Yu’us, pat håyi siña humassu håfa intension-ña i Saina? Mangkubåtdi i hinassun tåotåo siha, yan i planu-ta siha ti mansiguru. Sa’ i lalamas na tataotåo ha na’katgågadu i anti yan i gimå’-ta guini
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Sr. Martha Ramarui, MMB
