VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The only way to give an authentic witness of Christ’s death and resurrection is by sharing the Gospel with humility, Pope Francis said. Christians who preach must resist the temptation of power, pride and worldliness, which can lead to “preaching a watered-down Gospel without strength, a Gospel without Christ crucified and
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christian faith is belief in the concrete work of God and leads to concrete witness and action by believers, Pope Francis said. The Christian creed details concrete events because “the Word was made flesh, it was not made an idea,” the pope said April 24 during his morning Mass in the
ROME (CNS) — The Christian church today needs believers who witness each day to the power of God’s love, but it also needs the heroic witness of those who stand up to hatred even when it means giving up their lives, Pope Francis said. At Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs,
ST. LOUIS (CNS) — More than 8,000 Catholic educators attended the April 18-20 National Catholic Educational Association Convention in St. Louis this year and many of them picked up ideas during the gathering to use in their own schools. Sister Judith Abique, a Sister of St. Paul of Chartres, plans to integrate Theology of the
He has passion for baseball and a great devotion and love for the Church. He has been involved in baseball and softball for over 50 years as a statistician and for the last 41 years he was a symbol of servant leadership to the Cathedral parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Francisco Palacios or
MEDIEVAL times fascinate most people; they love to hear of the stories about knights and chivalry. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table searching for the Holy Grail are perhaps the most memorable tales of Knighthood. While such tales abound, few people have ever heard of the valiant Knights of Peter Nolasco. “Knighthood”
By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. The next generation of lawyers from Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja dubbed as “Tomorrow’s Attorneys”, piled into the Rota Judicial Center on April 25 as part of their school level “Civil War” Junior High Mock Trial. The Junior High Mock Trials are held every year in March or April and
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 2, 14. 22-33 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i ManApostulis (Gi ha’ånin Pentekostes) Tumohgi si Pedro yan i Onsi na manapostulis ya ha håtsa i bos-ña ya ha kuentusi i taotåo siha: “Hamyu ni ManHudihos, yan todu hamyu lokkui’ ni mañåsaga giya Hirusalen! Ekkunguk håfa para bai hu sangåni hamyu.
“What have I even accomplished today?” Have you ever caught yourself asking that question at the end of the workday? Sometimes it is hard to point to anything specific that you can check off the list. When the flood of work just keeps pouring down, it can be difficult to feel like you are making
Imagine that you are living in first century Palestine. A few years earlier you had listened to Jesus of Nazareth preach and your heart was moved by his words. You saw him heal sick relatives and know that the power of God was at work in him. You came to believe that he was
