Otukpo, Nigeria, Mar 3, 2020 / 02:37 pm (CNA).- A Nigerian priest who was kidnapped after offering Sunday Mass March 1 has been freed, his diocese has reported. “I have been reliably informed that Fr. David Echioda has been released by his abductors,” Nigeria’s Diocese of Otukpo said in a message to priests March 3.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying he wanted to renew his “urgent call to respond to the ecological crisis,” Pope Francis asked Catholics around the globe to participate in the international observance of “Laudato Si’ Week” May 16-24. Sponsored by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and facilitated by the Global Catholic Climate Movement
Vatican City, Mar 2, 2020 / 10:35 am (CNA).- Pope Francis’ international economic summit, “The Economy of Francesco,” has been postponed until November due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The three-day conference, named for St. Francis and scheduled to meet in Assisi, was planned to take place March 26-28 with 2,000 economists and entrepreneurs
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Confronting and not giving in to bitterness helps priests realize that they are not all-powerful beings but sinners who have been forgiven and called by God, Pope Francis said. Bitterness is “a subtle enemy” that hides and “robs us of the joy of the vocation we were called to,” the pope
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2020 / 04:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis was reportedly tested for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, with negative results, an Italian newspaper said Tuesday. Last week, the pope began to show symptoms of a cold. “His doctors immediately intervened to check the case. Of course, he was also swabbed to see if
Gospel Reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent Year A by Deacon Jeffrey T. Camacho, Kristo Rai Parish
Bishop Ryan and the clergy of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa will leave for the Philippines this coming Monday for their canonically mandated retreat. The retreat will be held at St. Paul Renewal Center in Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines from Monday until Friday. They will be back next Saturday in time for the weekend Masses. Canon
Greetings in Christ! I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their prayers and support during my first year of canon law studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. I am grateful to all the faithful of our local church for their generous contributions to the Catholic Charities Appeal over
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Gn 12, 1-4a Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Genesis Ilek-ña i Saina as Abram: “Huyung ya un hånåo ginin i tanu’ i mamparintes-mu yan ginin i gima’ tatå-mu para guatu gi un tånu’ ni para bai Hu fa’nu’i håo. Bai Hu na’huyung ginin hagu un dångkulu na nasion, ya bai Hu bendisi
The CNMI has yet to report a single case of Covid-19. And yet our community is already feeling a tight pinch, as the local and global economy has shifted with the effort of trying to contain the spread of this virus. As tourism has slowed in the CNMI, so have household revenues. At Karidat we
