WASHINGTON (CNS) — At a White House Rose Garden ceremony May 4, President Donald Trump told a group of religious leaders: “It was looking like you’d never get here, but you got here, folks,” referring to their presence at the signing of the executive order on religious liberty. And maybe some in the group wondered
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pray for rigid Christians, both those who are honestly zealous about following the law, but lack mercy and those who are hypocritical and hide their sinfulness, Pope Francis said. Pray that those who are too rigid learn to follow the way of Christ and his meekness, the pope said May 5
WASHINGTON (CNS) — As tensions exploded after the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in custody of Baltimore police in 2015, the Rev. S. Todd Yeary joined hands with other people of faith in the turbulent streets of his city and began to walk. The group stopped as they saw police and spontaneously dropped to
The Bishop’s Committee on Diocesan Pastoral Planning is ready to move to the next phase now that it has completed its overview of the Pastoral Planning Phase I – Assess. This phase was dedicated to the gathering of information and conducting Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis to determine the strategic point of the
“Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.”(Mk. 6:31) Fr. Jason reflected upon this words of Jesus Christ to his disciples after their return from the mission where they were sent two by two, and related this to the CCD teachers who are at the end of another school year. In
By: Edward C. Maratita, Jr. “He shall teach you all things.” (John 14:26) As we celebrate Teacher’s Appreciation Week, this is the perfect Gospel for the Catholic Lay teachers among us today! Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja kicked off Teacher’s Appreciation Week on May 1 through 5. “Last week is very special at ESFDB because
It is “sacraments season” right now. Many of you young children of our diocese will be receiving your First Communion this weekend, and some of you young adults will be celebrating Confirmation. For anyone who has not yet chosen a patron saint, or if you are looking for inspiration from children who are saints, there
At the parish where I help as a deacon I was assisting at the recent Easter Vigil as five catechumens came into full communion with the Church. I noticed that as part of the rite the catechumens were asked if they believe and accept the doctrines and teachings of the Catholic Church. As I listened,
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 6, 1-7 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i Manapostulis Atyu na tiempu, anai sigi esta di ma’åomenta i mineggai disipulu siha, atyu i tumungu’ mamfinu’ ‘Greek’ manugung na manmadisatetendi i mambi’udan-ñiha gi manmapåttin i nengkannu’ yanggin ma’akumpåra yan i bi’udan atyu siha i tumungu’ finu’ Hibrehu. Mana’fanetnun ni Dossi i kuminidåt
I had a classmate in college who was a Protestant (Southern Baptist), but who was slowly converting to Catholicism. One of his obstacles though was our Catholic understanding of Saints and Relics. Whenever he saw Catholics praying in front of statues or venerating Relics, he thought they were believers in magic and superstition. He would
