Love Wears Work Boots, and Carries a Voter’s Registration Card

Posted by - August 11, 2018

There are a few North Star series of current community relevance which will be appearing weekly over the next few months. They aim to call attention to the practical works of love and justice to which our faith gives rise. Some of these practical works can take the form of legislation—laws made to help foster

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Introductory concepts regarding social justice and Catholic social teaching (Part 2)

Posted by - August 11, 2018

All Catholic moral theology and ethics boils down to one basic premise. Human beings are made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27).  What does that mean? The understanding held by most Christians over the centuries is that God is rational, and God is a free agent. Thus, what is most divine in

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XIX DAMENGGU GI UTDINÅRIU NA TIEMPU

Posted by - August 11, 2018

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                               1 Kgs 19, 4-8 Un tinaitai ginin i primet na Lepblun i Manrai  Humånåo si Elijah para i disiettu kuentan un diha na pinekkat, astaki måttu gi un trongku ni mafa’nana’an iskoba ya matå’chung gi sampapa’.  Manåyuyut gui’ para u måtai ya taiguini tinayuyot-ña: “Esta o’sun yu’, O Asaina! Konni’ yu’

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Pope Francis arrives for a special audience with altar servers July 31 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA)

The path to holiness isn’t for the lazy, pope tells altar servers

Posted by - August 4, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christ’s commandment to love God and neighbor is a path trodden by those who have the desire to become saints, Pope Francis told thousands of altar servers from around the world. “Yes, it does take effort to keep doing good and to become saints,” the pope told the young people July

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Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty, speaks during a religious freedom event July 30 at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington. Among others also pictured are, closest to the podium, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Religious liberty ‘rooted in dignity of human person,’ says archbishop

Posted by - August 4, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, gave three reasons why religious freedom is important to the Catholic Church in a speech July 30 at a conference on the issue at the Justice Department in Washington. “We are called by Jesus Christ to inspire a culture, religious freedom gives us a space

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The Trebevic cable car is seen above the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in early April. The world needs leaders who can "put into practice a more just way for all of us to live in this world as sharers in a common destiny," Pope Francis said in a letter to the international conference of "Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church," gathering in Sarajevo July 26-29. (CNS photo/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)

World needs leaders who are just, compassionate, merciful, pope says

Posted by - August 4, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world needs leaders who can “put into practice a more just way for all of us to live in this world as sharers in a common destiny,” Pope Francis said. “There is no need, on the other hand, for hurling slogans that often remain empty, or for antagonism between parties

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Pope makes surprise visit to elderly friend in Rome

Posted by - August 4, 2018

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People in a quiet residential neighborhood of Rome were surprised when a blue Ford Focus came to a stop, and Pope Francis stepped out. The pope arrived July 28 at an apartment building in the city’s Salario neighborhood just a few blocks from the parish of Santa Maria Addolorata, the Argentine

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A Pastoral Letter: Preparing for the November 2018 Elections

Posted by - August 4, 2018

05 August 2018 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The heart of Christian discipleship is living out the commandment of love. Love is manifest not only in our single-minded devotion to the Lord but even more so in the actions that flow from our love of neighbor. Such love is realized in the practical charity

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COMMISSION ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OUTREACH
CNMI ELECTION 2018: Forming Faithful Voters

Posted by - August 4, 2018

As the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa moves forward with its five-year Diocesan Pastoral Plan, the plan’s priority ministries — evangelization and faith formation, liturgy, social justice and outreach, marriage and family life, vocation, and youth — are now putting into action the goals they have set forth. Many of these ministries are quite familiar to

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Mount Carmel School vice principal Barbara Merfalen guides teachers through a discussion about effective classroom management.

NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITIES: MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL SET TO LAUNCH SY 2018-2019

Posted by - August 4, 2018

Mount Carmel School is all set to launch the 2018-2109 school year with a set of new opportunities, including new teachers, new courses, and new programs. While work has been ongoing throughout the summer to prepare for the new year, preparations ramped up with this past week’s professional development sessions. Led by vice principal Barbara

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