They say that nowadays senior citizens, myself included, are the leading carriers of AIDS: walking aids, hearing aids, visual aids, retirement aids, food aids, band aids, financial aids, medical aids and nursing aids. Let us be carriers of aids to the un-aided and the less fortunate. Many are living in poverty line out there, mendicants
Earlier this month, Karidat contributed to the relief efforts after Typhoon Mangkhut on the island of Rota. From September 15th to 18th, Saipan-based Karidat staff traveled out to help distribute direct aid in the form of vouchers for food and household items to those most devastated by the storm. Some had lost roofs to their
If you follow Vatican news articles, much of the time they are painfully boring. Occasionally there will be a minor change in some rules that are of interest only to a canon lawyer or a theological clarification that is of interest only to a few theologians. However, in recent weeks there were two items that
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Nm 11, 25-29 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Numiru Tumunuk påpa’ i Saina gi halum mapagåhis ya Ha kuentusi si Moises. Anai Ha chuli’ dididi’ na espiritu ni iståba giya guiya, Ha nå’i i sitenta na manamku’; ya anai tumohgi i espiritu gi hilu’-ñiha matutuhun masångan håfa siha para u fanmasusedi.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Honoring mothers and fathers means being grateful for the gift of life and Christians should never insult anyone’s parents, Pope Francis said. “Among us there is also the habit of saying awful things, even profanity. Please, never, never, never insult other people’s parents. Never! Never insult a mother, never insult a
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Synod of Bishops increasingly should be a structure for listening to the Catholic faithful, demonstrating a local bishop’s concern for the entire church and a means of expressing all the bishops’ unity with the pope, Pope Francis said. Replacing Blessed Paul VI’s 1965 document that established the Synod of Bishops
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In its effort to defend life at all stages, the Pontifical Academy for Life is relying on young scientists and professionals to reach across the aisle and bridge the gap between science and faith. In his address to the academy June 25, Pope Francis called for “a global vision of bioethics”
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Turning an archaeological discovery into an appealing, informative site for tourists takes more than just digging interesting remains and ruins out of the dirt. That’s why experts from the Vatican Museums and the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology turned to a string of outside professionals to help spiff up a site
By Rose Gamier THIS was the theme of the Catechetical Day held at the American Memorial Park Amphi-theatre last Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 9:00am, with Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez as the main speaker. About 64 catechists from different parishes came to attend the event as the diocese prepares to welcome another school year with
“…..IT WOULD be pointless to know everything about theology, rules of the church, the commandments, if all these will not be translated into good deeds.” This is how the Bishop challenged the Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators who were commissioned last September 16, 2018 within the Eucharistic Celebration during his homily. As catechetical leaders, considered “Magas”
