WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump signed a bill into law April 13 that allows states to redirect Title X family planning funding away from clinics that perform abortions and to community clinics that provide comprehensive health care for women and children. The new law overrides a rule change made in the last days of
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Always preach the whole truth of the Gospel with humility and respect and never be afraid to offer that truth just “one sip at a time,” Pope Francis told the world’s priests. The Gospel is truth, “brimming with joy and mercy. We should never attempt to separate these three graces of
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 2, 42-47 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i ManApostulis I mañe’lu siha madalalaki i fina’nå’guin i manapostulis yan i lina’la’ i manmanhonggi, gi ma’ipi’ i pån yan i tinayuyut siha. Un rispitåo na mina’å’ñåo måttu giya siha, sa’ mali’i’ na meggai manna’manman na cho’chu’ yan siñåt macho’gui ni manapostulis. Atyu
Before Easter I promised to follow up with my quiz from two weeks ago about the corporal works of mercy. They are guidelines which provide a model for our how to treat others, “as if they were Christ in disguise.” (USCCB) Can you name all seven now? I had only mentioned the first; do you
Just because I’m living in the States now doesn’t mean that I have left island life far behind. There are many mainland communities with sizable island populations. Living in Erie there is a sizable Palauan population, though mostly our family and relatives. Fort Wayne (IN) has a good size Carolinian community, though again, mostly my
In 1218, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Peter Nolasco and asked him to participate in the work of redeeming captive Christians, who were being cruelly tormented in prisons, trying to make them deny their faith. She desired the establishment of a religious order, which would derive its name from the Spanish “merced” or mercy. The
While Fr. James Balajadia celebrates the Easter Mass at the summit of Mt. Tapochau with hundreds of parishioners on attendance from all over the island, another large crowd gathered outside San Antonio Church accompanying the processions of large images of the Resurrected Christ and Our Lady of Sorrows who were coming from opposite sides of
Saipan’s Catholics celebrated the Holy Week and expressed their faith in different ways. The celebration of the Holy Week normally begins with Palm Sunday and the churches were filled more than usual of parishioners carrying coconut branches – some of them beautifully and artistically woven. Then the on the evening of Holy Wednesday, the faithful
LIVING up to its commitment to take an active role in the life and mission of the Church, the San Roque Youth Ministry participated in all of the parish Holy Week activities. Fr. Allan Cabatian, OAR, Pastor of San Roque Parish assigned the youth to take the lead in liturgical ceremonies and events. On the
In preparations for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year, Mount Carmel School’s leadership recently agreed to hold tuition and fees at their current rates. After discussing the issue with Bishop Ryan Jimenez, who serves as the corporate sole of the school, and the school’s Board of Directors, school president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero, shared that the school
