The 20th CNMI Legislature recently recognized Mount Carmel School’s Mock Trial Knights for their performance in representing the CNMI at the 2018 National High School Mock Trial Championship held in Reno, Nevada, where the team won the Larry Bakko Award for Professionalism and Civility. The author of House Resolution 20-31, Rep. Ivan Blanco, personally presented
Until 1867, the Mercedarian Sisters of Berriz were able to evade the decrees ordering the religious communities to sell their possessions. But in this year, the Spanish government gave direct orders to sell everything, and there was nothing that could be done to avoid it. Poorer than ever, the sisters continued to serve God. The
Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people you say that I am”? (Mk. 8:27). Was the Lord acting like an insecure military commander or president doing a loyalty check on his soldiers? Not at all. His popularity was widespread, his name was a household password, droves of people followed him wherever he went. He is
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
