VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy Spirit continues to give Christians different gifts and to call them to share those gifts with each other in a community marked by forgiveness and “unity in diversity,” Pope Francis said on Pentecost. “In a way both creative and unexpected,” the pope said, the Holy Spirit “generates diversity, for
The more difficult pressure to address is that of different ethnic communities trying to live together while still preserving their unique identity. My wife is the youngest of four children born to her parents, who were well into middle age when she came along. Her dad was born in Palau a little over a
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Ex 34, 4-6. 8-9 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Exodus Tåftaf gi egga’an humånåo si Moises hulu’ gi Sabånan Sinai sa’ tinagu’ gui’ ni Saina, ya ha chuchuli’ i dos na tapblon åtchu’. Anai tumunuk påpa’ si Yu’us gi halum mapagåhis tumohgi guihi gi fi’un Moises ya Ha anunsia
This summer I’m teaching an Introduction to the Bible course for our youth at St. Jude Parish. Our students often ask questions like, “How do I interpret the Bible?” “How do we understand the Creation story along with Evolution?” “Do we have to believe everything literally from the Bible?” I shared a method with them
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Muslim religious and political leaders in the Philippines have joined in the barrage of condemnation of the desecration of a Catholic cathedral by terrorist gunmen in the besieged city of Marawi. “Let it be known to all that Islam commands all Muslims even in war time to protect places of worship,”
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In early May, after the archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, made a statement about an executive order dealing with immigration, he seems to have received more than a few unhappy responses. “A few wrote to me to say, among other things, that they are dismayed at my apparent lack of respect
DETROIT (CNS) — From the scattered languages of the tower of Babel to the apostles speaking in tongues at the first Pentecost, the methods of communication have varied over the years. The message of the Gospel, however, has not. On the eve of Pentecost 2017, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit took to a new
SHREWSBURY, England (CNS) — A group of American students has embarked on a mission to England in the hope of helping young Catholics grow more excited about their faith. The six theology students from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, will spend two months in the Diocese of Shrewsbury at the invitation of Bishop
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Migration should be “a choice rather than something forced or involuntary,” said Philippine Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations. For that to happen, he cautioned, the “right to remain” must be respected. Archbishop Auza said a proposed U.N. global compact on migration must give the right
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Christian road map for life’s journey is to keep Jesus in one’s heart, one’s eyes on heaven and one’s feet on the ground, spreading the Gospel, Pope Francis said. “Christian life will be beautiful and will also be joyful” if people hold in their hearts the joy they felt when
