VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who race to get top positions often feel superior to others, an attitude that destroys the possibility for fellowship and communion, Pope Francis said. “We all know these people: climbers, always trying to climb up, up. They hurt brotherhood, they damage brotherhood,” the pope said Sept. 1 during his Sunday
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While listening to and obeying God’s word brings healing and comfort to those in need, it also can attract disdain and even hatred from others, Pope Francis said. Christians are called to proclaim the love of God through their care for the sick and the needy, like St. Peter and the
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Seattle has issued a second statement confirming that a priest did not bless the medically assisted suicide of a parishioner. The Aug. 29 statement attempts to clear up confusion and misinformation that ensued following a story by The Associated Press about Robert Fuller, who died May 10 after injecting
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After the consistory to create new cardinals in early October, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor. And despite what critics of Pope Francis filled social media with Sept. 1 about him setting up the college to
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Medical advancements do not help if they treat people as objects or when they are applied only to those people who are not considered a burden and “deserve” to be helped, Pope Francis said. In addition, euthanasia, which is legal in a number of places, “only seemingly promises to promote personal
CANNELTON, Ind. (CNS) — Tom Huber, former parish council president at St. Michael’s Parish in Cannelton, was touched by the note he received this summer from a mother who wanted to make a special birthday wish come true for her son. “My name is Amanda Noles. I am the mother of a sweet boy, Cayden,
SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Crowding around a painted portrait of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish friar who died in a German concentration camp during World War II, prison inmates and retreat leaders smiled for a group photo at a recent July retreat. A longtime effort of Kolbe Prison Ministries and Texas diocesan correction ministries, Kolbe
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Boys on the sideline of the football practice field at Cretin-Derham Hall High School this summer fell silent one afternoon as they waited for the football camp’s afternoon session to start. What they heard next was not a coach’s whistle, but small bells carried by someone walking in front of
Editors Note: NorthStar wanted to introduce our readers to Mrs. Margaret C. DelaCruz and the Commision on Liturgy who will be having their regular column in our diocesan paper every week dedicated to Liturgy.) Welcome to the section on Liturgy in our NorthStar. Starting this Sunday, September 8th, on the Birthday of our Blessed Virgin
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day. World Suicide Prevention Day gives organizations, government agencies and individuals a chance to promote awareness about suicide, mental illnesses associated with suicide, as well as suicide prevention. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and World Health Organization (WHO) each play a key role in promoting this
