RAKOVSKI, Bulgaria (CNS) — In the Catholic heart of Bulgaria, Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for 245 children receiving their first Communion and thanked them for helping him, their parents and grandparents remember their own first Communion. “Today you have made it possible for us to relive that joy and to celebrate Jesus, present
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Church leaders across Asia have expressed alarm over threats to press freedom amid reports of increasing attacks and intimidation of journalists, resulting in growing levels of self-censorship. Media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said it takes a “lot of courage” to work as a journalist these days amid the threat of
Gospel Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter by Deacon Stan Benavente, Saint Jude Thaddeus Parish.
Mount Carmel School announced that “We Drank Our Tears: Rafael Mafnas’s Story” was accepted into the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, or the LAAPFF, and that it has just wrapped up shooting three more films in the series. LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVALThe school learned about the entry of Rafael Mafnas’s Story into
A ship ran aground off the Italian coast in 2012 killing 32 people. The Captain abandoned the ship. A Greek luxury liner Oceanus sank off the coast of Africa in 1991. The Captain and crew members left the ship. A ship captain got 36 years for deserting a Korean Ferry. A Dutch Admiral chose to
There are a couple of channels on cable TV which specialize in police investigation shows. The shows usually begin with a grisly murder and then follow the police investigation until they discover the most likely suspect. The rest of the show is devoted to the trial and sentencing. A common element of the sentencing portion
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 13, 14. 43-52 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i Manapostulis Makuntinuha i hinanao-ñiha si Pablo yan si Barnabas desdi Perga ya måttu giya Antioch ni gaigi giya Pisidia. Humålum i dos gi sinagoga gi Sabaf na ha’åni ya matå’chung påpa’. Putlus uttimu anai machalapun i inetnun, meggai na ManHudihos yan
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter by Deacon Rosiky Camacho, Santa Soledad Parish
People identify us in different perceptions and perspectives. Each of us is unique and unduplicated, even twins are not exactly the same only identical. You are you and that’s how God created you. Consider this story shared by somebody. A girl in the neighborhood often attracted the attention of the people wherever she went
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must allow themselves to be guided by the Holy Spirit if they expect to live a Christian life, Pope Francis said. Only through the Spirit can men and women “rise from our limitations, from our deaths,” the pope said in his homily April 30 during morning Mass at the Domus
