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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks July 22 at the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans. Archbishop Pierre praised the work of the 18,500 permanent deacons in the U.S. He urged them to continue their work of evangelization and reaching out to those on the margins of society. (CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion Herald)

Evangelizing, caring for others at core of deacons’ vocation, nuncio says

Posted by - July 28, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — The core vocational work of permanent deacons is to evangelize and care for others, not to perform office duties, the apostolic nuncio to the United States…
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Sister Patricia Fox, superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion in the Philippines, is seen during a protest against the killings of priests in Manila, Philippines, June 18. (CNS photo/Mark R. Cristino, EPA)

Australian nun wins another reprieve from deportation in Philippines

Posted by - July 28, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — An Australian missionary nun ordered deported in mid-July by Philippine authorities is not leaving the country just yet. Sister Patricia Fox, Philippine superior of the Sisters…
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, celebrates Mass in 2016 at the Manila cathedral. Addressing 8.000 participants July 22 during the last day of the Fifth Philippine Conference on New Evangelization, Cardinal Tagle spoke of innocent people dying in the Philippines. (CNS photo/Mark R. Cristino, EPA)

Cardinal Tagle laments deaths of innocent people in Philippines

Posted by - July 28, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — A teary-eyed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila lamented the deaths of innocent people killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. Addressing 8,000 participants July…
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The Twitter application is seen on a phone screen in 2017. For some bishops and their dioceses, using Twitter has become an effective way of reaching the faithful. (CNS photo/Thomas White, Reuters)

On Twitter and other social media, church ‘called to be salt and light’

Posted by - July 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has said that shepherds “should have the smell of the sheep.” For some bishops and their dioceses, that means going on Twitter. “Bishop (David A.)…
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Sister Patricia Jean, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker of Walton, Ky., listens to a participant July 1 during a Fiat Days discernment retreat at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. The vocations office of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., hosts the retreat each year for young women ages 15-25 to learn about consecrated life and better discern God's call. (CNS photo/Jen Reed, The Catholic Witness)

For young women and religious, joy radiates at Fiat Days retreat

Posted by - July 21, 2018
EMMITSBURG, Md. (CNS) — Counting on her fingers to keep track of points in an ice-breaker game she was playing with a young woman at the Fiat Days discernment retreat,…
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Father Christopher Klusman, of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, gestures as he leads a presentation titled "Playing On God's Team" during a July 7 workshop for members of the Catholic Deaf and Hard of Hearing community at St. John the Evangelist Church in Green Bay, Wis. (CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

‘Playing on God’s Team’ is theme of event for Green Bay’s deaf community

Posted by - July 21, 2018
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) — Faith and football were the focus of a daylong event July 7 for the Diocese of Green Bay’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. The…
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