VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis denounced the practice of administering prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping or eliminating. Children are God’s greatest gift and should be welcomed “as they come, as God sends them, as
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The theory that well-being will automatically flow down to everyone from the riches of the few is “a lie,” Pope Francis said. The beatitudes show the way, he said, because they show that holiness doesn’t concern just the soul, “but also the feet — for going toward our brothers and sisters,
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Philippine authorities announced June 15 that they had arrested their “prime suspect” in the killing of Father Richmond Villaflor Nilo, reported ucanews.com. The suspect, identified as Adell Roll Milan, was arrested in San Isidro June 14, the same day Father Nilo was buried. A witness reportedly identified Milan, an alleged former
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Scientists and people of faith always must admit they don’t know everything, and they must never be afraid to explore and discover more, Pope Francis told astronomy students and experts. “As people who love what we do, we can find in our love for this universe a foretaste of that divine
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — How is it that God in heaven can hear the cries of the poor, but so many people watching or standing nearby either cannot or just do not care, Pope Francis asked. People must make “a serious examination of conscience to understand whether we are really capable of listening to the
By: Jaedyn Cepeda for the North Star Seeing that the launch of Project Mom was an enormous success, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa launched a similar project in celebration of father’s Day: Project Dad. In just a week, donations of over a hundred pieces of clothing had been accumulated from every parish on island, all
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
About a century ago a psychologist, Rudolph Otto, described an encounter with the transcendent as a depth experience, which was characterized by awe, as well as fascination. He called these experiences numinous; that is, difficult to describe, yet rooted in our human condition. We need some way of perceiving these experiences, as well as interpreting
The column this week is especially for young readers: see if you can match up the Catholic Social Teaching Principle to its brief summary. Place the letter in right column to the correct principle in left column. See many can you get right! (Answers will appear in next week’s column.) _____ Dignity of Life
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 49, 1-6 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Hunguk yu’, O kantun tåsi, fanekkunguk, O tåotåo ni manchågu’, Desdi i mafañagu-hu Ha ågang yu’ i Saina, desdi i tiyan nanå-hu Ha nå’i yu’ ni na’ån-hu . Ha fa’tinas yu’ kumu malåktus na såpbli. yan Ha na’attuk yu’ gi
