PALM SUNDAY AND CHRISM MASS
Bishop Ryan blesses the Oil of the Catechumens, Oil of the Sick and the Oil of Chrism during the Mass of Chrism last Wednesday. Behind him are the clergy of the diocese who renewed their vows to priestly commitment.
Love is the engine driving hope on life’s bumpy road, says pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cross, loving service and humble sacrifice are the only way to overcome evil and give hope to the world, Pope Francis said. Those who love their own lives and always hunger for more are the losers, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 12. Rather, those who readily
Most important and costliest medicine? Love, pope tells patients
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The kind of health care most at risk of being neglected for those who are ill or hospitalized is love, Pope Francis told pediatric patients. A hospital must always carry out certain procedures and functions, but “there is the danger, the risk of forgetting the most important medicine only a family
Pope gives youths three missions before synod, World Youth Day
ROME (CNS) — On the eve of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis gave young people several missions: to ask their grandparents what their dreams were; to work to make those dreams reality; and to let their bishops and the pope himself know what they need from the church. Officially launching the youths’ preparation for the 2018
Pope will commemorate modern-day martyrs at prayer service in Rome
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will attend a prayer service in late April in commemoration of the “new martyrs” of the past two centuries. He will also visit the Italian port city of Genova, ordain new priests and travel to Egypt and Portugal this spring, according to a list of liturgical celebrations he is
Bishops back bill to let agencies opt out of adoption for same-sex couples
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Three bishops, in a joint letter to the measure’s sponsor, voiced their support of the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would permit social service agencies to refuse on religious grounds to provide adoption or foster services for households headed by same-sex couples. The bishops, who chair three U.S. Conference of Catholic
Pope: Scientists must defend creation from distorted use of biotech
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Scientists working in the field of biotechnology are called to use science to protect creation and to prevent methods that seek to control it, Pope Francis said. The responsible use of the “enormous and growing” power of science is a “fundamental cornerstone” of humankind’s actions in promoting the development of plant,
Love Jesus in all who suffer, pope says on Palm Sunday
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus does not ask that people only contemplate his image, but that they also recognize and love him concretely in all people who suffer like he did, Pope Francis said. Jesus is “present in our many brothers and sisters who today endure sufferings like his own — they suffer from slave
An empty tomb and a bodily resurrection: why it matters
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics and other Christians have grown up believing in the Resurrection, but the Apostles themselves were among the first who were skeptical that Jesus arose from the dead. They didn’t believe it at first when they were told by the women who had come to anoint the crucified Jesus’ body but instead
DAMENGGUN PÅSGUAN (RESUREKSION)
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 10, 34a. 37-43 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i Manapostulis Ha tutuhun kumuentusi siha si Pedro i MamPagånu ni esti siha na palåbra: “Gi hinassok-ku na en tingu’ ha’ håfa masåsangan gi todu iya Hudeha put si Jesus i taotåo Nasaret, ni matutuhun giya Galileha put i båotismu ni ha setmunñaihun
