The cable news channels have been running a series of specials on Jonestown. I was trying to figure out why the topic was so popular suddenly, when one of the specials mentioned that this was the 40th anniversary of the event. On November 18, 1978 US Congressman Dan Ryan was visiting Jonestown, a religious compound
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Zep 3, 14-18 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Zephaniah Fanéssalåo gi minaguf, O hagan Sion! fanmaguf mangånta, O Israhet! Fanmaguf yan todu i kurason-miyu, ni hagan Hirusalen! Esta Ha na’suha i Saina i kundenasion kontra hamyu, Ha bira tåtti i inimigun-miyu; I Rai Israhet, i Saina, gaigi gi
Mount Carmel School announced recently that it will host the island’s first ever invitational mock trial competition early next year. Invitations to the competition have been extended to all public and private middle schools and high schools in the CNMI. School president and mock trial coach, Galvin Deleon Guerrero, hopes the competition will help students
One of the characteristics that Mother Margarita desired of “her daughters” (Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz) was that they live with a spirit of JOY. She wanted her Sisters to be full of life and radiate God’s love to everyone around them, no matter the circumstances. Here is an uplifting story of one of these Mercedarian
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can turn Christmas into a “pagan” or “mundane” holiday by focusing on the gifts and the tree rather than on the birth of Jesus and his promise to come again, Pope Francis said. Celebrating the beginning of Advent Dec. 2 with the recitation of the Angelus prayer and at morning
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church has been slow to recognize the presence of homosexual men in the priesthood, which is why superiors must exercise care in helping gay candidates prepare for a life of celibacy or leave the seminary, Pope Francis said. “Homosexuality is a very serious matter, which must be discerned adequately
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every heart enslaved by false idols and evil desires needs a “transplant” with a heart filled with love, joy, goodness, hope and generosity, Pope Francis said. “How does this ‘heart transplant’ happen? From an old heart to a new heart? Through the gift of new desires,” the pope said Nov. 28
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Have a holly, jolly … Advent? If there seems to be a culture clash between the Christmas season and the Advent season that precedes it, Christmas is going to win out practically every time, according to a pair of liturgical musicians. “Christmas as a secular holiday has overtaken Christmas as a religious
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world needs leaders who are humble and willing to talk with their enemies with the aim of leading their countries toward peace, Pope Francis said. “Those politicians who do not know how to dialogue and confront each other are not leaders of peace,” he told residents and supporters of Rondine-Citadel
