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Pope Francis leads a prayer service at a Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2019, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The pope says the declaration of Rome as the capital of united Italy 150 years ago was "providential." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Rome has vocation of dialogue and inclusion, pope says

Posted by - February 9, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The loss of the papal states and the declaration of Rome as the capital of a united Italy 150 years ago was a “providential” event that…
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Kim and Chuck Zurcher, of St. Columbkille Parish in Papillion, Neb., present Benita Habib, a member of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Omaha, an image of the Holy Face of Jesus Nov. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Elizabeth Wells, Catholic Voice)

Home visits, new phone app fuel interest in Holy Face of Jesus devotion

Posted by - February 9, 2020
OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — Ian Snyder first heard about the Holy Face of Jesus devotion at a Mass at the Holy Family Shrine outside Gretna, Nebraska. The His Holy Face…
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2020 ALUMKNIGHT OF THE YEAR (From left to right) MCS business manager John Blanco; MCS board member William Hunter; MCS president Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero; 2020 AlumKnight of the Year Mr. Ben Babauta; 2009 AlumKnight, Ben Babauta Jr; MCS AlumKnight Association president Norisa Sn. Camacho; MCS Parent Teacher Organization president Tina Crisostima Tudela; MCS director of institutional development Victoria Deleon Guerrero; MCS board member Jacqueline Che; and AlumKnight Association treasurer Cathy S. Sablan.

Mount Carmel School Honors Many During Catholic Schools Week 2020

Posted by - February 9, 2020
During last week’s celebration of Catholic Schools Week, Mount Carmel School honored many individuals who have, in one way or another, embodied this year’s theme of “Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed”…
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World Marriage Day Mass

Posted by - February 4, 2020
The Parish of San Jose, Tinian is sponsoring a “World Marriage Day Mass” on February 9, 2020 at 8 a.m. at San Jose Parish Church.  The purpose of the Mass…
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Pope Francis greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 4, 2019. "We need stories that reveal who we truly are, also in the untold heroism of everyday life," Pope Francis wrote in his message for World Communications Day 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World needs stories of truth, peace, inspiration, pope says

Posted by - February 2, 2020
VATICAN CITY — With fake news becoming ever more sophisticated, people need the wisdom, courage and patience to discern and embrace constructive stories, Pope Francis said. “We need stories that…
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Pope Francis gives a Bible to a man in a wheelchair at the end of Mass Jan. 26, 2020, in St. Peter's Basilica. The Mass marked the first Sunday of the Word of God, a new annual celebration encouraging Catholics to know and read the Bible. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

God’s word brings light to life’s dark corners, pope says at Mass

Posted by - February 2, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God’s saving word doesn’t seek pristine and safe places to reside but instead goes in search of the dark corners of people’s lives that it can…
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Pope Francis greets Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, dean of the Roman Rota, at the Vatican Jan. 25, 2020, during an audience marking the beginning of the judicial year of the Roman Rota, a Vatican tribunal that deals mostly with marriage cases. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Church needs ‘evangelizing spouses’ to fulfill its mission, pope says

Posted by - February 2, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If many Catholics marry today without fully understanding the permanence of their bond and the grace of the sacrament, it partly is the fault of bishops…
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