XXVI DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - September 28, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                                         Am 6, 1a. 4-7  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Amos Estigui’ ilek-ña i Sainan i Ehetsitu siha:      Matdision para i manggagu’ giya Sion!      Manå’assun gi hilu’ kåtrin måtfit,          ma’istitira siha kun trangkilidåt gi siyan-ñiha,      mañochotchu kinilu ginin i paståhi,          yan tatneru ginin

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass Sept. 16, 2019, in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives. After a summer break, the Mass marked the resumption of the pope inviting a small group of priests and faithful to join him for the liturgy. In his homily, Pope Francis urged Catholics to take seriously the call to pray for politicians, government leaders and all those in authority. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Remember your politicians in prayer, pope says

Posted by - September 22, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pray for politicians, government officials and anyone in a position of authority, including priests and bishops, Pope Francis urged as he ended his summer schedule and resumed his celebration of morning Mass with a small congregation. Wearing red vestments for the Sept. 16 feast of the martyred Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian,

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Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

God conquers evil with love, forgiveness of sins, pope says at Angelus

Posted by - September 22, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God forgives sins so that joy, not sadness, can flourish once again in one’s heart, Pope Francis said. “How do you conquer evil? By welcoming God’s forgiveness and the forgiveness of one’s brothers and sisters,” the pope said Sept. 15 during his Sunday Angelus address. With confession, God forgives and takes

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Pope Francis greets the crowd he arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 11, 2019. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Africa trip planted new seeds of hope, pope says at audience

Posted by - September 22, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Having gone to Africa as a pilgrim of peace and hope, Pope Francis said he hoped the seeds planted there by his visit would bear abundant fruit for everyone. Following in the footsteps of evangelizing saints before him, the pope said he sought to bring with him “the leaven of Christ”

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Pope Francis greets a child during an audience with members of the Italian Prison Police in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. The pope told prison guards, chaplains and officials that life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole are not the solution but a problem to be solved. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Life without parole is not a solution to crime, pope says

Posted by - September 22, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole is “not the solution to problems, but a problem to solve,” Pope Francis told Italian prison guards, prison chaplains and officials from the Ministry of Justice. “If you close hope in a cell, there is no future for society,” the

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Bishop Ryan Jimenez (left), along with members of Mount Carmel School’s Leadership Team, gathered with MCS students to cut the ceremonial ribbon, signifying the reopening of the school gymnasium after the destructive impact of Super Typhoon Yutu. The photo includes MCS President Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero (third from right); MCS Principal, Barbara Merfalen (second from right); and MCS Faculty Representative Filmah Buenaflor (first from right).

MCS Reopens Gymnasium

Posted by - September 22, 2019

On September 17, 2019, Mount Carmel School, otherwise known as MCS, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand reopening of its gymnasium after the destructive impact by Super Typhoon Yutu. The ceremony began with a prayer and blessing led by Most Reverend Ryan Jimenez, Bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa and Corporate Sole of

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Where can we find the Sacrament of Baptism in the Bible?

Posted by - September 22, 2019

Two weeks ago, we had published an article, here at the North Star, titled CCD 101: What are the Outward signs of the Sacrament of Baptism that show or speak of an Invisible reality? Here, we explained Baptism according to the first distinct idea contained in the definition of Sacrament (Sacrament is defined as “an

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Husky dogs pull a rig and musher Audun Salte through the town of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, Aug. 6, 2019. Salte worries that as temperatures warm, climate change could lead to the extinction of all life on Earth. (CNS photo/Hannah McKay, Reuters)

Pope calls for global alliance to better educate young people

Posted by - September 22, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said the challenges facing humanity and the Earth are so urgent and important that he has invited world leaders, educators and young people to come to the Vatican next spring to launch a global alliance for building a new, more humane future. “Never before has there been such need

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The Celebration of Christian Funerals in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa

Posted by - September 21, 2019

Losing someone to death is always very stressful for everyone who in one way or another is affiliated with the deceased.  I am sure that we all have experienced in our lives that no matter how prepared we may be, whenever death occurs in our family, it automatically becomes very stressful.  In our hearts, we

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