The Celebration of Christian Funerals in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa – Cemetery Regulations

Posted by - October 27, 2019

The Celebration of Christian Funerals in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa – Cemetery Regulations We have come to the final section of the approved Guidelines for the Celebration of Christian Funerals in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa.  The article will focus on the regulations for the Mt. Carmel Cathedral Cemetery. The Mt. Carmel Cathedral Cemetery,

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Prayer is a Relationship

Posted by - October 27, 2019

Messages, news and information are sent and received through various ways in seconds and minutes all over the world because of social media connectivity and some sort of relationship between and among people. People in good relationship share experiences, thoughts and feelings, spend time in conversation and find joy in each other’s company. Where there’s

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XXX DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - October 27, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                   Sir 35, 12-14. 16-18  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Sirach  I Saina Guiya i Yi’us hustisia,             tåya’ håyi kiridu-ña.  Maseha ti mampus Ha fabobot i manainina’siña,             låo Ha e’ekkunguk i inagang i manmamadedesi.  Ti tangnga Gui’ para i katin i manaisaina,             pat para i bi’uda yanggin ha

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On Permanent Diaconate Part 7

Posted by - October 27, 2019

Last May the Bishop of Erie ordained four men as permanent deacons. One was a theology teacher at a local Catholic high school. Another was a professional psychologist. The third as an insurance executive. The fourth was a correctional official recently retired from the prison system.  All four were college graduates. Two of them were

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Pope Francis talks with Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, his new lead bodyguard and head of the Vatican police force, as he arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 16, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Evangelization must help, not hinder, people getting closer to God

Posted by - October 26, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God wants everyone to be saved, which is why those who evangelize must avoid letting their prejudices get in the way of God’s plan, Pope Francis said. “An evangelizer cannot be an obstacle to the creative work of God, who ‘wills everyone to be saved,’ but one who fosters an encounter

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Indigenous women attend Pope Francis' celebration of a Mass marking World Mission Day in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Mission is to make disciples for Christ, not for one’s group, pope says

Posted by - October 26, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him, not for oneself or one’s clique of like-minded believers, Pope Francis said. “What instructions does the Lord give us for going forth to others? Only one, and it’s very simple:

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David and Maria Schuette, seen with their sons, 8-month-old Eli and 18-month-old Isaac, are reaching out to other couples considering adoption. The family, who belongs to SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Kiel, Wis., were at the hospitals for each birth and remain in close communication with their sons' birth parents. (CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

Couple says adoption is a blessing, gift and ‘roller coaster of emotions’

Posted by - October 26, 2019

KIEL, Wis. (CNS) — After David and Maria Schuette got married in 2015, they wanted a family right away but months later they found out that infertility issues would likely prevent them from having children of their own. “It was tough knowing that everything I thought about growing a family as a little girl …

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Father Justino Sarmento Rezende, an expert in indigenous spirituality from Brazil, attends a news conference to discuss the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 17, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Celibacy is a gift, not an obstacle, indigenous priest says

Posted by - October 26, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While indigenous cultures may have difficulty accepting the concept of celibacy, indigenous candidates for the priesthood are more than capable of understanding that it is a gift from God, said an indigenous priest from Brazil. “Celibacy is not something that is born in a human person; it is something that is

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Pew: Number of ‘nones’ now tops Catholics in American society

Posted by - October 26, 2019

WASHINGTON (CNS) — “Nones,” those who profess no religious affiliation, are now the largest subgroup in American society, their numbers having grown in the past decade while the percentage of Catholics in the United States slipped over the past 10 years. In a Pew Research Center “religious landscape” report issued Oct. 17, nones have jumped

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Jesus Miguel Moraleda, a 1-year-old Warao indigenous boy from Venezuela, bathes in a bucket as his mother does laundry behind him April 2, 2019, in Boa Vista, Brazil. Existing formation programs are not preparing priests and other pastoral workers to be leaders in a church with an Amazonian and indigenous face, according to bishops participating in the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. (CNS Photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Inadequate formation a factor in lack of vocations, bishops say at synod

Posted by - October 26, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Existing formation programs are not preparing priests and other pastoral workers to be leaders in a church with an Amazonian and indigenous face, according to bishops participating in the synod for the Amazon. “It’s not the same to evangelize in the city as in the Amazon,” Bishop Rafael Cob Garcia of

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