FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 61, 1-2a. 10-11 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias I espiritun i Saina as Yu’us gaigi giya guåhu, sa’ esta i Saina Ha olius yu’; I Saina Ha na’fåttu yu’ para bai chuli’i na’maguf na nutisia para i manakpapa’, yan para bai na’fan homlu’ i manggai pininiti Para
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Men and women contemplating a vocation to the priesthood, consecrated life or marriage should not be afraid because God wants only for them to experience the joy that comes from serving others, Pope Francis said. “Our slowness and our sloth” should not delay a response and Christians need not be “fearful
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Pope Francis expressed his concern that such a move would further destabilize the Middle East. Pope Francis said he could not “keep silent about my deep concern” for Jerusalem and urged respect for “the status
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Gunmen killed a 72-year-old Catholic priest on the main Philippine island of Luzon Dec. 4, a day after police killed a pastor they tagged as a member of the communist New People’s Army. Ucanews.com reported that unidentified men shot dead Father Marcelito Paez around 8 p.m. while he was driving in
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Advent is a time to be watchful and alert to the ways one strays from God’s path, but also to signs of his presence in other people and in the beauty of the world, Pope Francis said. Reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 3, the first Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis told
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The wisdom of the church fathers regarding the interior life of the person, often split between outward success and inner emptiness, continues to be a relevant subject today, Pope Francis said. In a Dec. 5 message to participants in a public session of all the pontifical academies, the pope said that
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Although Christmas this year is the day after the fourth Sunday of Advent, Catholics looking to count a Sunday evening Mass Dec. 24 for both that Sunday obligation and Monday’s Christmas Mass obligation will have to think again. The U.S. bishops already saw this coming at the beginning of the year and
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNS) — Devoting his last day in Bangladesh to the nation’s tiny Catholic community, Pope Francis told clergy and religious that there was no way they could promote interreligious harmony in the country if their communities were marked by gossip, division and bitterness. “There are many enemies of harmony,” the pope told priests,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like a sprout, humility needs to be nourished so that the Holy Spirit may grow within all Christians, Pope Francis said. While some believe that “being humble means being polite, courteous and closing your eyes in prayer,” accepting humiliation is the only real sign of humility, the pope said in his
