You can’t entirely fault the schools for the increase. It is expensive to operate a school. No longer can the schools rely on religious sisters who teach for a token salary. There are fewer sisters available to teach and they must be paid a living wage, not only out of justice but because their income
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Sir 27, 4-7 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Sirach Yanggin machalåochåo i para manåfyi, manannuk i lassas; taiguennåo ha’ lokkui’ yanggin kumuentus i taotåo manannuk i isåo-ña. Taimanu ha’ na i hetnu dumitetmimina i hotman nå’yan taiguennåo ha’ na gi kumbetsasion-ña dumitetmimina i taotåo. A’annuk gi frutas i
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The time has come for an “all-out battle” against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. For quite some time, the world has been aware of the “serious scandal”
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Lenten season is a reminder for Catholics that overindulgence ruptures communion with God, with others and with creation, Pope Francis said. A failure to live as children of God can give way to sin, which “takes the shape of greed and unbridled pursuit of comfort, lack of concern for the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will issue a document on “young people, faith and vocational discernment” five months after the world Synod of Bishops gathered to discuss the topic. The Vatican announced Feb. 24 that the pope will present his post-synodal apostolic exhortation March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, during a visit to
VAN NUYS, Calif. (CNS) — In the few moments she spent up close and personal with the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney during its visit to St. Elisabeth of Hungary Church in Van Nuys Feb. 22, Milagros “Lally” Guiao only asked the legendary saint for one thing. “Give us holy priests.” There were plenty
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The long-awaited “Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church,” nicknamed the abuse summit, was an extraordinary and historic gathering that surpassed many expectations while perhaps disappointing others. Historic in that it brought together the heads of 114 bishops’ conferences from the entire world, as well as the leaders of
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Technology holds the potential to benefit all of humankind, but it also poses risky and unforeseen results, Pope Francis said. The rapid evolution of increased technological capacities, for example with artificial intelligence and robotics, creates a “dangerous enchantment; instead of handing human life the tools that will improve care, there is
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CNS) — Hundreds of people who were affected by the recent government shutdown received much needed help from Catholic Charities of South Carolina. The shutdown was the longest in U.S. history, lasting from Dec. 22 until Jan. 25. It caused thousands of federal employees to work without paychecks while many others were furloughed.
QUEBEC CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church should not be afraid of crisis; through crisis, it will grow and spring new life, said Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe. “If you look at human beings, we grow up through crisis,” said the 73-year-old English theologian. “It’s our way. And so we believe, I believe, it’s the fate
