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Pre-War Life in Saipan, New Missions, First MMB Vocation

Posted by admin - January 21, 2018

[In preparation for the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of the MMB Sisters to Saipan on March 4th, we desire to share with you (with slight editing) the original series…

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“Something’s wrong and god will Fix It”

Posted by admin - January 21, 2018

By Pastor L. O. Taylor & Ambrose Milton Bennett People are often saying “something is wrong” about something or someone that they believe is true. But finding something wrong only…

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Pope Francis leads his general audience at the Vatican Jan. 10. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Don’t rush through silence at Mass, pope says at general audience

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The silence that precedes the opening prayer at Mass is an opportunity for Christians to commend to God the fate of the church and the world,…

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In this April 1, 2014, file photo, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., blesses people on the Mexican side as he distributes Communion through the border fence in Nogales, Ariz., during a border Mass. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

National Migration Week: A reminder of our duty to welcome the stranger

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

In 2003, the Catholic bishops of the United States and Mexico issued a historic binational pastoral letter on immigration, “Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope.” The title…

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Pope Francis kisses a figurine of the baby Jesus at the conclusion of Mass marking the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Follow Jesus like the Magi, pope urges on Epiphany

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To follow Jesus, one must set out like the Magi, leaving comfort behind, following the light and offering the Lord gifts without expecting anything in return,…

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Young people pray as Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago celebrates the closing Mass Jan. 6 at a conference sponsored by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students in Chicago. More than 8,000 young adults from around the country gathered Jan. 2-6 for the SLS18 conference. Among the attendees were lay ministers, parishioners, seminarians, and men and women religious. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic)

Young adults gather for fellowship, learn ways to share faith

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

CHICAGO (CNS) — More than 8,000 people from around the country gathered at McCormick Place in Chicago in early January to gain the tools to share their faith with the…

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Pastors who lead double lives wound the church, pope says

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pastors who preach one thing and do another are wounded and harm the church, Pope Francis said. Like the scribes and Pharisees of old, pastors end…

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Beneficiaries of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program attend the "Keep Our Dream Alive" binational meeting in 2017. The Dreamers, as DACA recipients are known, gathered at a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sunland Park, N.M. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Ending DACA will lead to ‘humanitarian crisis,’ says Archbishop Gomez

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Congress must separate “the conversation about DACA” from the “larger issues” about U.S. immigration policy, because allowing the program to expire will lead “to a humanitarian…

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Rohingya refugees reach to receive aid Sept. 14 at a makeshift camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (CNS photo/Danish Siddiqui, Reuters)

Mercy sisters embark on solidarity week with immigrants via social media

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a strongly worded message prior to National Migration Week Jan.7-13, the president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas expressed solidarity with migrants and called…

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Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, China, has been released by Chinese authorities after being detained for more than seven months, reported ucanews.com. He is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy UCAN)

Chinese bishop released from detention after more than seven months

Posted by admin - January 14, 2018

HONG KONG (CNS) — Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou has been released by Chinese authorities after being detained for more than seven months, reported ucanews.com. The bishop, who has…

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