Gospel Reflection on the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Reflection on the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Rev. Fr. Ken Hezel, S.J., Vicar General of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. Luke 5:1-11
Witness to Christ with love, pope tells Catholics on Arabian Peninsula
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CNS) — Meeting with tens of thousands of Catholics living in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis urged them to be meek, peaceful and express their Christian identity by loving others. The UAE Catholic community, which numbers close to 1 million, includes foreign workers from roughly 100 nations, but particularly
Month of Love
February is known as the month of love, because it is the month in which Valentine’s Day is celebrated. This special day is usually associated with romantic love. However, the El Shaddai community has focused this month on the topic of God’s love. Last February 3, Fr. Anthony’s talk to the Gawain was about the
Catholics have faith, tools to repair a broken world, says archbishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With the gifts given them through baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist, Catholics have the tools needed to repair a world broken “in thousands of pieces,” said the archbishop who chairs the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. “At the end of every Mass we are sent forth not merely to
World needs courageous prophets, pope says at Angelus
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world is in need of true disciples of Christ who are prophets of hope to the poor and the downtrodden, Pope Francis said. All men and women, especially those who are suffering, can gain hope by encountering “people who are courageous and persevering in responding to the Christian vocation,” the
Prayer keeps award-winning nun centered amid all the hoopla
WASHINGTON (CNS) — You might have seen Sister Norma Pimentel around: hoping to talk with President Donald Trump when he made his Texas-Mexico border visit in January; speaking at the United Nations; testifying before Congress; being part of an international satellite broadcast in 2015 with Pope Francis just before the pope’s U.S. visit. But that’s
Following Jesus is a daily choice, pope tells religious at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The choice to follow God in life is not just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but a decision that is made every day, Pope Francis said. Christians truly encounter Jesus through concrete events in life that occur “every day; not every now and then,” the pope said in his homily for the feast
True belief leads to respect, peace, pope says at interreligious meeting
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CNS) — In an officially Muslim nation where Christians are welcomed as guest workers and free to worship, Pope Francis urged leaders of the world’s main religions to embrace a broader vision of freedom, justice, tolerance and peace. Addressing the interreligious Human Fraternity Meeting in Abu Dhabi Feb. 4, Pope
Commission on Marriage and Family Life completed pastoral visitation in Rota
The Commission on Marriage and Family Life completed a pastoral visit to Rota last week, facilitating a two-day seminar on Amoris Laetetia and coordinating with Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja in organizing a 5K Walkathon. Bishop Ryan Jimenez accompanied by Fr. Jason Granado, Ms. Bel Tan and Mr. Sherwin Pasillos travelled to Rota in order
THE SECRET TO SURVIVAL
People are struggling for survival in different circumstances of life. The survival to keep the family in the midst of poverty. The survival to operate business in slow market. The survival from the onslaught of serious illness. To survive from pressure and stress at work. To keep marriage and family in severed spousal relationship. The
