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A girl looks at a Bible during Mass in 2016 at a Beijing cathedral. As young people move to cities, Catholic grandparents in rural areas are passing on the faith to their grandchildren. (CNS photo/How Hwee Young, EPA)

Outside cities, Chinese grandparents pass on faith to their grandchildren

Posted by - May 21, 2017
HONG KONG (CNS) — Every evening, no matter how busy or tired she may be, Yiu reads the Bible at home to her 7-year-old granddaughter. Sometimes, parishioners from Changzhi Diocese…
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An Afghan soldier stands guard on a roadside in Ghazni, Afghanistan, April 22. Pope Francis said May 16 a peace that can be purchased can provide only a false sense of security that will not last in moments of trial and suffering. (CNS photo/Ghulam Mustafa, EPA)

True peace can’t be bought, it’s a gift, pope says at morning Mass

Posted by - May 21, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A peace that can be purchased can provide only a false sense of security that will not last in moments of trial and suffering, Pope Francis…
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Pope Francis leads a vigil in the Little Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal May 12. The pope was making a two-day visit to Fatima to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions and to canonize two of the young seers. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Honor the believing, tender Mary, not a ‘plaster statue’

Posted by - May 21, 2017
FATIMA, Portugal (CNS) — Mary’s example of believing and following Jesus is what matters most; she cannot be some image “of our own making” who Christians barter with for mercy,…
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Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 13. The Mass marked the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Marian apparitions, which began on May 13, 1917. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fatima seers become church’s youngest non-martyred saints

Posted by - May 21, 2017
FATIMA, Portugal (CNS) — Standing before the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Francis canonized two shepherd children who saw Mary at Fatima, but more importantly, he said,…
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Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez (fifth from left) gathers with members of Mount Carmel School’s Board of Directors and Leadership to present the school’s first ever strategic master plan. From left to right: Board Treasurer Will Hunter, School President Galvin Deleon Guerrero, School Principal Frances Taimanao, Board Member Lynette Villagomez, Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez, Board Chair Vicente “Ben” Babauta, Board Member Merced “Marcie” Tomokane, Board Vice Chair Jacqueline Che, Board Member Mark Rabauliman, Faculty Representative Rosiky Camacho, and Parent Teacher Organization President Luis Camacho.

Mount Carmel School Board approves Strategic Master Plan, raises teacher salaries again

Posted by - May 21, 2017
AT ITS meeting this past week, Mount Carmel School’s Board of Directors approved the school’s first ever strategic master plan, which included a planning priority to making teacher salaries competitive…
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