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Along with taking a Friday afternoon to enjoy a high school pep rally and shoot some hoops, these priests made it their mission in December to convey the message about the priesthood to St. John Vianney High School students in Holmdel, N.J.. From left are Father Michael Wallack, Father John Michael Patilla, Father Thomas Vala, Father Dean Gaudio, Father Augusto Gamalo and Father Gregg Leo Abadilla. (CNS photo/John Blaine)

Basketball helps priests teach New Jersey students about vocations

Posted by - January 14, 2018
HOLMDEL, N.J. (CNS) — Students at St. John Vianney High School expected their recent pep rally to be fun, colorful and filled with good-natured competition. But they were completely taken…
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In his ministry as archbishop of Manila, Philippines, and in his travels for Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he is reminded of the true meaning of hope by people living in situations the world would see as hopeless. Cardinal Tagle is pictured speaking to World Youth Day pilgrims in 2016 in Krakow, Poland. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Gospel message of hope often is taught by the poor, cardinal says

Posted by - January 6, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his ministry as archbishop of Manila and in his travels for Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he is reminded of the true meaning…
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A newborn baby was abandoned this year in the Angel Cradle drop-off point at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton for the first time since the program began in 2013. (CNS photo/Lincoln Ho, Grandin Media)

Catholic program for abandoned babies may have saved Edmonton newborn

Posted by - January 6, 2018
EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) — A safe-haven program called Angel Cradle, operated by Covenant Health, may have saved a newborn baby’s life. A healthy baby was dropped off at the Grey…
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Pope Francis raises the Book of the Gospels in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 13. He advised members of the Italian Theological Association Dec. 29 that theologians and other church workers must always refer back to Vatican II where the church recognized its responsibility to "proclaim the Gospel in a new way." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Complex world needs clear essentials of Gospel, pope tells theologians

Posted by - January 6, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an increasingly complex world of unprecedented scientific and technological challenges, theologians must communicate what is essential about life and help Christians proclaim God’s merciful, saving…
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Firemen evaluate the scene of an apartment fire in the Bronx borough of New York City Dec. 28. City officials report 12 people died in the fire that was started by a 3-year old boy playing with the burners on a kitchen stove. (CNS photo/Amr Alfiky, Reuters)

Priest asks for prayers for victims of Bronx fire and their families

Posted by - January 6, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A priest in the Bronx, New York, tended to grieving families and asked for prayers for them as well as for victims of a Dec. 28 fire,…
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