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,
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
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
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A new program called STRIVE aims to help “any Christian man who wants to break free from porn,” said its founder, Matt Fradd. “Pornography use has reached epidemic proportions,” he said. “Too many lives, marriages and families have been broken apart because of this issue. We knew we had to create a
By Julie Ann Loong, for the North Star “Lent is a time to reach out to neighbors, grow spiritually, and renew your relationship with God as we prepare for Easter,” announces Father Ike as he gave the welcoming during last week’s Lenten Parish Mission in Mt Carmel Cathedral. The Lenten Parish Mission, organized by the
By: Rose Gamier, For the North Star On March 21, 2019, the Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR), Fr. Miguel M. Miro, together with Fr. Raul M. Buhay, OAR, General Councilor, came to the island of Saipan for the first time. Fr. Miguel, who is based in Rome, is the head of
ANNOUNCEMENT: Thanks to generous donations from Circle K staff and personnel in Guam, Karidat is able to offer an assortment of CLOTHING and miscellaneous items to needy persons in our community. If you or someone you know is in need of clothing or various household goods, please visit our Main Office at the Sister Remedios
Do you miss me? This is the word that Fr. Anthony asked everyone and in a loud voice they answered, “Yes”. He, then, invite everyone to tell the person beside him that he misses him. He said that when you miss the person, it is because you love that person. For you do not miss
by Quincy Chinen for Mount Carmel School’s Introduction to Media Communications Course The Mount Carmel School Band took home the Silver Award in its category at the Tumon Bay Music Festival. This was the first time the school’s Band, led by Julian Greening, competed in the festival. It was a new experience for those students
I have seen vast tracts of desert lands in Israel, Jordan and Egypt, extending as far as your eyes can see. They look refined and clean externally to say the least, but underneath their landscape dwell venomous snakes, scorpions and other deadly animals ready to strike on intruders of their territory. Beware of the devil
