V DAMENGGUN KUARESMA

Posted by - April 6, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                                   Is 43, 16-21  Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias  Taiguini ilek-ña i Saina,             ni bumaba un chålan gi halum tåsi             yan un kåyi gi metgut na hånum, ni gumigiha huyung i kalesa siha yan i kabayeru siha,             un metgut na tropan sindålu, astaki manoppup parehu,

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Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa

Pope Francis appoints new Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific region

Posted by - April 6, 2019

Bishop Ryan to Archbishop Novatus: “Welcome home!” The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC) has a new Apostolic Delegate. The Holy Father has appointed as Apostolic Nuncio in New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, who is currently Apostolic Nuncio in Honduras.  The appointment was officially announced in the Vatican City on

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Sr. Nina attended Child and Youth Protection Catholic Leadership Conference

Posted by - April 6, 2019

By Fr. Ken Hezel, SJ, for the North Star This past week Sr Nina Caccam, SJBP attended a conference hosted by the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey on the issue of Child Protection in the church from March 24-27, 2019.The theme of the conference was “Promise to Protect, Pledge to Heal.” More than 200

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Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Youth Camp file photo

Diocese of Chalan Kanoa will celebrate its first Diocesan World Youth Day on Palm Sunday

Posted by - April 6, 2019

By Julie Ann Loong, for the North Star Palm Sunday was the day in which our Lord Jesus Christ triumphantly entered into Jerusalem and was welcomed by a large crowd of people who were waving palm branches or throwing them on the ground in front of him. This signifies the beginning of Holy Week. In

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Swiss Guards march in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2017. To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope issues new child protection law, guidelines for Vatican City State

Posted by - April 6, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia. Pope Francis established the new norms and legal, criminal and safeguarding procedures with an apostolic letter given

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Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, holds Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Christus Vivit" (Christ Lives), during a news conference for its presentation at the Vatican April 2, 2019. The document contains the pope's reflections on the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment. (CNS photo/CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says

Posted by - April 6, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation. “Christus Vivit” (“Christ Lives”), the pope’s reflections on the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people,

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Pope Francis is seen on a large screen as he speaks to pilgrims during his visit to the Sanctuary of the Holy House on the feast of the Annunciation in Loreto, Italy, March 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Mary inspires, assists those seeking their vocation, pope says

Posted by - March 30, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Signing his document dedicated to young people, faith and discernment, Pope Francis said Mary, the mother of God, is a source of inspiration and strength for everyone who seeks to understand their vocation and remain faithful to it. Greeting some 10,000 people, many of them families and young people, in Loreto,

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Pope Francis is greeted as he visits the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome March 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)

Gospel builds one’s immunity against selfishness, pope tells students

Posted by - March 30, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Despite a busy day scheduled with meeting Rome’s mayor and city council, Pope Francis made a surprise, early morning stop to offer a Lenten reflection for university students, encouraging them to build up their immunity against individualism with the Gospel. “You understand well how the Gospel gives us the most radical

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Trump calls on universities to protect ‘free, open debate’ on campuses

Posted by - March 30, 2019

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, praised President Donald Trump March 21 for taking seriously the assaults she said conservative groups are facing on campuses around the country. “No one needs this more than the pro-life generation,” she said about Trump’s executive order to bar federal research grants to

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