VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human trafficking is “brutal, savage and criminal,” Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people see it as a sad, but normal fact of life. “I want to call everyone to make a commitment to seeing that this perverse plague, a modern form of slavery, is effectively countered,” the pope
STE.-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec (CNS) — Leonardo DiVittorio approached the statue of St. Anne. As part of the opening ceremony of the feast of the grandmother of Jesus July 25, he laid a wreath of flowers, a symbolic gesture intended to mark the Ahearn Memorial Pilgrimage’s 95th and last visit at the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre. His face
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The word from some quarters is that the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse is a harbinger of the end times, but one Wisconsin priest hardly thinks so. Father James Kurzynski, an amateur astronomer, said the cross-country eclipse is an opportunity to reflect on humanity’s relationship to creation and build stronger bonds with
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — More than 2,000 young people from 21 Asian countries arrived in Indonesia to celebrate Asian Youth Day, which kicked off with the preliminary three-day live-in program beginning July 30. Modeled on World Youth Day’s Days in the Dioceses, the live-in program allows young participants to stay with local Catholic families in
Have you seen this bumper sticker? There are a few different versions out there about what people mean by putting this on their vehicles. Some people think it is similar to the other sticker or t-shirt that says, “Haters make me famous.” It’s kind of like saying, “I’m getting lots of attention. Yay me.” Maybe
As the new CCD school year begins in the Fall, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa will implement its revised CCD admission policy. It will also introduce for the first time a diocesan policy for RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults). During the clergy meeting last July 25, 2017 at Maturana House of Prayer, Sr.
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Daniel Dn 7, 9-10, 13-14 Mientras si Daniel ha a’atan: Manmahåtsa tronu siha ya i Amku’ humånåo para i tronu-ña. Ma’lak kalang niebi i magagu-ña, ya i gaputilu-ña acha’apaka’ yan magagun låna; Ma’lak kalang finañila’ guåfi i tronu-ña, ya i ruedå-ña mañiñila’ guåfi. Mimilalak
Religion, as a social institution, has a variety of social functions, as well as more spiritually oriented roles. From the perspective of society, religion provides a model for organizing society, provides both a legitimization of and check upon authority, and is a source for social norms and a means of enforcing such social norms. From
When I used to watch a lot of T.V, I would sometimes watch old sitcoms. One of them was “The Facts of Life”. The show’s theme song began with “You take the good, you take bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life”. Life is filled with ups and downs,
BY DEBORAH CASTELLANO LUBOV The line between good and evil runs through each of our hearts…. Pope Francis reminded faithful of this in St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday, July 23, 2017, Angelus address at noon as he reflected on yesterday’s Gospel. While admitting that “good and evil cannot be identified with defined territories or
