Author: admin

admin

A woman holds a newborn dressed in a onesie at the Holy Land Family Hospital of Bethlehem Nov. 15. Last year Michele Burke Bowe of the hospital's Washington-based foundation, began gathering onesies, the tiny one-piece suits many newborns wear, to give to Bethlehem's newest residents. (CNS photo/courtesy HFH Foundation)

A Christmas clothing drive in Washington helps babies in Bethlehem

Posted by - December 17, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — December, when all eyes are on the baby Jesus, the Holy Land Family Hospital of Bethlehem wants others to think about modern-day babies in the city in…
Read More
Philippine police keep watch as protesters hold signs against martial law extension in Mindanao Dec. 13. Congress approved a request by President Rodrigo Duterte to extend martial law across the region until Dec. 31, 2018. (CNS photo/Rolex Dela Pena, EPA)

Philippine Congress extends martial law in southern Philippines

Posted by - December 17, 2017
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Martial law in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, originally aimed at quelling a terrorist attack in Marawi in May, has been extended for another year.…
Read More

First Four Missionary Foundations

Posted by - December 17, 2017
After centuries of patient waiting, listening in prayer, the nuns of Berriz (est. 1540) were ready when God gifted them with a missionary call within their call to religious life.…
Read More
Campers pray in the chapel in early July during the Quo Vadis Camp at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y. Seventy-six teenagers from the New York dioceses of Rockville Centre and Brooklyn attended the camp, which provided an opportunity for participants to have fun and deepen their faith while encouraging them to be open to God's call to the priesthood or religious life. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic)

Don’t wait to be perfect to answer vocational call, pope says

Posted by - December 9, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Men and women contemplating a vocation to the priesthood, consecrated life or marriage should not be afraid because God wants only for them to experience the…
Read More