It was a sight to behold on an early Saturday morning – a river of people in bright red shirts along the pathways and sidewalks of the Beach Road – as more than five hundred participants of the 2018 Health Ministry 5K Walkathon joined in the launching of the new Health Ministry program of the
On Tuesday of this past week, Karidat joined other mem- bers of the Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence at the proclamation signing by Gov. Ralph DLG Torres of February as “Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.” Marianas High School hosted the proclamation and the school Glee Club kicked off the event by singing
Back in the 80’s I visited many Micronesian communities conducting planning workshops with grants from the Department of Justice, Juvenile Justice Program. The idea was to gather representatives of the local community in each locality and have them identify their core values, gaps in the community, vision for the future and how to achieve that
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Jb 7, 1-4. 6-7 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Job Kumuentus si Job, ilelek-ña: Na ada ti na’o’sun i lina’la’ i taotåo guini gi tanu’? Na ada ti kalang hutnaleru ha’ i lina’lå’-ña? Isklåbu atyu na tåotåo i tumåtanga i nihung, hutnaleru atyu na tåotåo i numanangga i suetdon-ña. Intonsis esta
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People have a responsibility to check the source of what they share on social media to ensure it is not “fake news” designed to further prejudices or increase fear, Pope Francis said. Fake news grabs people’s attention “by appealing to stereotypes and common social prejudices, and exploiting instantaneous emotions like anxiety,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All people have a right to freely profess their own religious beliefs without fear of duress, Pope Francis said, calling on the world community to do more to protect the Yezidi minority. “It is unacceptable that human beings are persecuted and killed because of their religion,” he told a group of
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston called for prayers for the victims killed and injured in a pair of school shootings in Kentucky and Texas. In a statement released Jan. 23 after the second shooting in two days, Cardinal DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Christians experience the
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In remarks broadcast to the March for Life from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump said that his administration “will always defend the very first right in the Declaration of Independence, and that is the right to life.” He invoked the theme of this year’s march, “Love Saves Lives,” and
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Christians of different faith traditions gathering to pray, to work together for a better world and to express love for others despite differences can provide a powerful witness and example in a divisive world, said a U.S. bishop who specializes in relations between Christians and interfaith groups. Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, chairman
“Narrow-mindedness is to be abandoned in order to serve the greater good” Editor’s note: The front page of the North Star issue this week will be dedicated to the new Pastoral Letter of His Excellency Ryan P. Jimenez on the issue of immigration. Perhaps one of the most sensitive issues in the Commonwealth today, the
