VII DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - February 23, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                1 Sm 26, 2. 7-9. 12-13. 22-23                      Un tinaitai ginin i fine’na na Lepblun Samuel       Humånåo si Saul påpa’ para i disiettun Ziph yan tres mit ni manma’atyik na lalåhin Israhet, para u ma’ispiha si David gi disiettun Ziph. Intonsis humånåo si David yan si Abishai ya mahåtmin puengi

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A HEART TO LOVE

Posted by - February 17, 2019

Mother Margarita searched to know God’s Will and the way in which He desired her to share His love. She came to see that there is nothing less than to affirm God’s love with our lives. She wanted to be a sign; to be a messenger of God’s love. She said: “To be a missionary

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Pope Francis greets people after a Mass Feb. 15, 2019, for members of Italian Catholic parishes, religious orders, organizations and individuals who welcome migrants and refugees. The Mass and conference were held at a church-run retreat and conference center in Sacrofano, north of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Generous service brings abundant blessings, pope says

Posted by - February 16, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God accomplishes great things when Christians cast aside doubt and generously place themselves in his service, Pope Francis said. Speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 10 for his Sunday Angelus address, the pope said that Jesus invites all men and women who are discouraged to trust in him, so

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Pope Francis embraces a female prisoner as he visits Cereso prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 17, 2016. Life has meaning and value "only in giving it in love, in truth, in giving it to others in daily life, in the family," the pope said Feb. 8, 2019, at morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Life has meaning when given with love to others, pope says in homily

Posted by - February 16, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A life lived selfishly, corruptly or filled with hate is a life that is useless, shrivels up and dies, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. On the other hand, life has meaning and value “only in giving it in love, in truth, in giving it to others in daily life,

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A tapestry portrait of St. Josephine Bakhita, an African slave who died in 1947, hangs from the facade of St. PeterÕs Basilica during her canonization in 2000 at the Vatican. St. Bakhita was born in the Darfur region of what is now Sudan. Her feast day is Feb. 8, the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. (CNS photo/LÕOsservatore Romano via Reuters)

Pope encourages worldwide prayer in fight against trafficking

Posted by - February 16, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking invites people to host or attend a prayer service that fosters awareness of and support for victims of trafficking. The annual day, created with Pope Francis’ encouragement in 2015, is celebrated Feb. 8 — the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita,

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U.S. President Donald Trump joins Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Chris Coons, D-Del., in prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington Feb. 7, 2019. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Trump defends rights of faith-based adoption agencies at prayer breakfast

Posted by - February 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Touting efforts to protect religious freedom, President Donald Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast that his administration would defend the right of faith-based adoption agencies to place children in families based on firmly held religious beliefs. “We will always protect our country’s proud tradition of faith-based adoption,” Trump said. “My administration is

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A cross is marked on the forehead of a woman during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Feb. 14, 2018. After all the U.S. Catholic Church has been through with the abuse crisis, Lent this could be an important time for healing, some church leaders say. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)

This year’s Lent could be just what struggling church needs

Posted by - February 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Lent begins March 6, U.S. Catholics will likely be more than ready for it. This set-aside time for prayer and reflection — after all the church has been through in recent months — could provide both a healing balm and a needed boost forward, some say. Ash Wednesday, the start of

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