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Damon Owens, executive director of JoyToB, offered the keynote address at the FOCUS-sponsored Student Leadership Summit Dec. 31 at the Phoenix Convention Center. (CNS photo/John Caballero/Catholic Sun)

Catholics ring in New Year by learning how to evangelize at FOCUS summit

Posted by - January 12, 2020
PHOENIX (CNS) — Alfonso Fraire, a student at Arizona State University, volunteers his time with youth ministry — and hopes to take back what he’s learned at the Student Leadership…
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Dr. Shawn Fibkins, right, a radiologist in Parkland, Fla., stands with John Fernandez, director of religious education at St. John Neumann Church in Miami. The two men met at a retreat and Fernandez donated a kidney to Fibkins who suffered from kidney disease. "If you ever need a kidney, let me know man, I got you," Fernandez said. (CNS photo/Priscilla Greear, Florida Catholic)

Miami man met his future kidney donor at Catholic retreat

Posted by - January 12, 2020
MIAMI (CNS) — After a routine exam 16 years ago, Dr. Shawn Fibkins discovered that he had inherited polycystic kidney disease from his father. “It was devastating for me because…
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Mercy Sister Patricia Pora, director of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Portland, provides religious instruction at St. Michael Church in Cherryfield, Maine. She works to meet the spiritual and the material needs of migrants. (CNS photo/courtesy The Harvest)

Migrants benefit from Mercy Sisters’ ministry of presence

Posted by - January 12, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Mercy Sister Rosemary Welsh is a nurse and for the past 44 years she has immersed her ministry in the Latino culture. Through the lives of thousands…
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Dead fish float on the Confuso River in Villa Hayes, Paraguay, in this 2017 file photo. Pope Francis announced in 2019 that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of "ecological sin." (CNS photo/Jorge Adorno, Reuters)

Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

Posted by - January 12, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ announcement that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin” sent Catholic Twitter into a frenzy.…
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Dan Beaudrie was told by doctors that he may never wrestle again after sustaining severe injuries following a near-fatal car accident in March 2015. Two years later, he became a Wyoming state champion in his weight division. Beaudrie credits his Catholic faith, his family and determination that helped him defy medical expectations. (CNS photo/courtesy Dan Beaudrie)

Wrestler’s nearly fatal car crash rejuvenated his faith

Posted by - January 12, 2020
Dan Beaudrie is a man of faith who beat the odds. Actually, he didn’t just beat them, he crushed them. Both faith and wrestling were important to Beaudrie, a high…
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A woman pulls Pope Francis' hand as he greets people while walking to visit the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2019. At his Jan. 1 Angelus the pope apologized for the "bad example" he gave when he slapped this woman's hand. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope begins New Year with apology, prayers for peace

Posted by - January 3, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis began the New Year with an apology for losing his patience the night before with a woman who grabbed his hand and yanked him…
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