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A man from the Yezidi minority and young people pray at a shrine being rebuilt after it was destroyed in 2017 by Islamic State militants in Bashiqa, Iraq. (CNS photo/Khalid al Mousily, Reuters)

Persecution based on religious belief is unacceptable, pope says

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All people have a right to freely profess their own religious beliefs without fear of duress, Pope Francis said, calling on the world community to do…

Students attend a prayer vigil Jan. 23 at a church in Marion, Ky., after a 15-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun that day at Marshall County High School. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for prayers for the victims killed and injured in a pair of school shootings in Kentucky and Italy High School in Texas Jan. 22. (CNS photo/Harrison McClary, Reuters)

USCCB president calls for prayer after pair of school shootings

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston called for prayers for the victims killed and injured in a pair of school shootings in Kentucky and Texas. In a…

President Donald Trump greets a girl after addressing attendees of the annual March for Life rally from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Jan. 19. The live feed was projected onto a large video screen during the rally on the National Mall. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Every child ‘precious gift from God,’ Trump tells pro-life rally

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In remarks broadcast to the March for Life from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump said that his administration “will always defend the very first…

Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pa., who is chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, celebrates a prayer service Jan. 18 in the chapel at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' headquarters in Washington. The service was said on the first day of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Bishop: Christians of all traditions can be models of unity in divisive time

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Christians of different faith traditions gathering to pray, to work together for a better world and to express love for others despite differences can provide a powerful…

Bishop Ryan Issues Pastoral Letter on Immigration

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

“Narrow-mindedness is to be abandoned in order to serve the greater good” Editor’s note: The front page of the North Star issue this week will be dedicated to the new…

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL’S 2nd QUARTER PRESIDENT’S LIST AND HONOR ROLL

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

Mount Carmel School congratulates these students for making it to the 2nd Quarter President’s List & Honor Roll. President’s list Students must have a GPA of 4.00 or above and…

The War Years – 1941-1945: A Time of Agony

Posted by admin - January 27, 2018

So often when people discover mutual friends or acquaintances, you hear them say,” It’s a small world!” and truly on those occasions it seems so. And it must have seemed…

Family members bring up the offertory gifts as Pope Francis celebrates Mass marking the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fear becomes sin when it leads to hostility toward migrants, pope says

Posted by admin - January 21, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being afraid and concerned about the impact of migration is not a sin, Pope Francis said, but it is a sin to let those fears lead…

Pilgrims smile while holding crosses as they wait for Pope Francis to arrive for a Jan. 17 meeting with youths in Santiago, Chile. (CNS photo/Luca Zennaroi, EPA)

Pope challenges Chilean youth to ask, ‘What would Christ do?’

Posted by admin - January 21, 2018

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — Pope Francis challenged young Chileans, telling them to always ask themselves, “What would Christ do in my place?” “At school, at university, when outdoors, when at…

Pope Francis blesses a pregnant prisoner as he visits the women's prison center in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

‘No one can replace a mother,’ Chilean inmate tells Pope Francis

Posted by admin - January 21, 2018

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — When mothers are in prison, “children are the ones who suffer the most,” a female inmate at San Joaquin Women’s Prison told Pope Francis Jan. 16.…

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Persecution based on religious belief is unacceptable, pope says

USCCB president calls for prayer after pair of school shootings

Every child ‘precious gift from God,’ Trump tells pro-life rally

Bishop: Christians of all traditions can be models of unity in divisive time

Bishop Ryan Issues Pastoral Letter on Immigration

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL’S 2nd QUARTER PRESIDENT’S LIST AND HONOR ROLL

The War Years – 1941-1945: A Time of Agony

Fear becomes sin when it leads to hostility toward migrants, pope says

Pope challenges Chilean youth to ask, ‘What would Christ do?’

‘No one can replace a mother,’ Chilean inmate tells Pope Francis

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