In the year 1218, which is to say 800 years ago, Our Lady appeared to St. Peter Nolasco. She urged him to help comfort and rescue captive Christians who were suffering. The commemoration of that event was traditionally called the feast of Our Lady of Ransom. Today, it is better known under the title of
The Church’s emphasis on the sacredness of human life from conception to natural death, also calls into question the use of capital punishment. What the pope did was to acknowledge that the conditions which may have justified capital punishment in the past are no longer present in much of contemporary society. This wasn’t some innovation
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Wis 2:12, 17-20 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Tinemtum Ilik-ñiha i manailayi: Maila’ ya ta istrupeha i tinas na tåotåo, sa’ Ha na’fambububu hit; Ha kokontra i bidåda-ta siha, Ha lalålatdi hit put i ta kokontra i tinagu’ ya ilek-ña na ti ta dalalalaki i manmapuksai-ta. Maila’ fan ya ta
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only true love for God and neighbor can destroy the chains of greed, lust, anger and envy that enslave humankind, Pope Francis said. “True love is true freedom: It detaches from possession, rebuilds relationships, it knows how to welcome and value the neighbor, it transforms every struggle into a joyous gift
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church needs bishops who promote unity, “not soloists singing their own tune or captains fighting personal battles,” Pope Francis told new bishops from the church’s mission territories. “And, dear brothers, flee from clericalism, an anomalous way of understanding the church’s authority, one common in many communities where sexual abuse
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Forming a community of women from different backgrounds and uniting them in prayer, in care for the earth and in hospitality to others is a powerful witness of Gospel values, Pope Francis told a group of Benedictine sisters. “Today there are many people in the world who seek to reflect in
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without respectfully collaborating with teachers and schools, parents will risk being on their own when it comes to educating their children and be at a greater disadvantage for facing the challenges emerging from today’s culture, mass media and technology, Pope Francis said. Speaking to hundreds of parents, the pope told them
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christian conversion does not entail accusing others, but is shamefully recognizing and sincerely repenting one’s own sins, Pope Francis said. “A sign that a person, that a Christian does not know how to blame oneself is when they are used to accusing others, to badmouth others, to stick their noses in
The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is joining in the community effort to help in the Rota recovery. Typhoon Mangkhut hit the island of Rota last Monday causing devastation on the residents’ homes and communities’ infrastructures that leaves the whole island without electricity. There are also at least 55 persons who are still living in various
By Rose Gamier September 8, is a special day among Catholic faithfuls, particularly for Marian devotees since it is the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Even more so for the parishioners and Legionaries on Saipan and who gathered in San Roque Church last Saturday as it marked the unveiling and launching
