RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) — Cardinal Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro blessed the sculpture “Homeless Jesus” Nov. 18, ending a weeklong series of events by Brazil’s Catholic Church to celebrate World Day of the Poor. The sculpture was donated to the archdiocese by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz and was placed outside Metropolitan Cathedral. “Humanity
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Jesus himself might have set the all-time food record when he miraculously served 5,000 men with a few loaves and fish. In this day and age, however, the Indianapolis Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul might hold that title. The Catholic organization leaders host what they believe to be
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis made a surprise visit to a mobile health care facility set up in St. Peter’s Square to serve the city’s homeless and poor. Entering the square from under Bernini’s colonnade Nov. 16, the pope walked to the makeshift medical center accompanied by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While all Christians are called to help those in need, they must fight against the temptation of boasting about their gifts of charity to seek attention, Pope Francis said. Before praying the Angelus prayer with about 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 12, the pope said that the Gospel
SAVAGE, Minn. (CNS) — For most of his life, August Bueltel of Savage rarely held a rosary. Now, he grows them. In the backyard of his modest home, the 90-year-old waters and nurtures waist-high plants known as “Job’s Tears.” He picks the round grains when they ripen in late summer and uses them for rosary
BALTIMORE (CNS) — Seasoned bishop watchers know that just about every fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a surprise. Sometimes it’s an election result. Sometimes it is the debate you never expected. Sometimes it’s that there’s no debate. But the first day of the 2018 fall meeting was one that caught
EMMITSBURG, Md. (CNS) — Stephanie Rubeling’s support of the priesthood goes beyond thoughts and prayers. The 54-year-old parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown was among 19 hardy souls who set out Nov. 9 for a three-day trek on foot from Emmitsburg to Baltimore, dubbed “Fifty Miles in Faith: Pilgrimage-Walk for the Priesthood in
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A bishop must be “blameless” and at the service of God, not of cliques, assets and power, especially if he is ever to “set right” what needs to be done for the church, Pope Francis said. A bishop must always “correct himself and ask himself, ‘Am I a steward of God
ROME (CNS) — Pope Francis’ call for a missionary church that is focused on preaching the Gospel will be the guiding principle of the apostolic constitution that will govern the Roman Curia, the secretary of the pope’s international Council of Cardinals said. Addressing students and staff at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University Nov. 12, Bishop Marcello
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As workers were getting St. Peter’s Square ready for this year’s Nativity scene, nearby a large mobile health care facility was set up and running to serve the city’s homeless and poor. About two dozen men and a few women were sitting or standing in a spacious area, quietly waiting their
