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As fires continue to burn, Australian bishop calls for prayer, support
Melbourne, Australia, Jan 5, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- As fires throughout parts of Australia continue to worsen, the Archbishop of Melbourne called for prayers and encouraged Catholics to donate to those in need. “On this first weekend of the New Year, we should be focusing on the joy of …
Pope prays for dialogue as tensions mount between U.S., Iran
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general. Several days after Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, warned of "harsh …
Pope prays for dialogue as tensions mount between U.S., Iran
IMAGE: CNS photo/Nazanin Tabatabaee, West Asia News Agency via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general. Several days after Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, …
Wrestler’s nearly fatal car crash rejuvenated his faith
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Dan Beaudrie By Andrew Butler Dan Beaudrie is a man of faith who beat the odds. Actually, he didn’t just beat them, he crushed them. Both faith and wrestling were important to Beaudrie, a high school student in Cody, Wyoming. He trained his way up and ranked …
Migrants benefit from Mercy Sisters’ ministry of presence
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy The Harvest By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Mercy Sister Rosemary Welsh is a nurse and for the past 44 years she has immersed her ministry in the Latino culture. Through the lives of thousands of migrants from Mexico and Central America as well as Texans of …
Encore: Nevada religious communities unify to magnify the voices of the poor
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Nevadans for the Common Good By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Back in 2017 as hundreds of elderly Nevadans were on a waiting list for the Meals on Wheels program, Natalie Eustice and her friends at Nevadans for the Common Good learned the state was spending just …
Archbishop: Iraqis have ‘big anxiety’ after drone kills Iranian general
IMAGE: CNS photo/Nazanin Tabatabaee, West Asia News Agency via Reuters By Dale Gavlak AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran, following the U.S.-targeted killing in Baghdad of Iran’s top general, Qassem …
Auxiliary Bishop Richard B. Higgins Retires at 75
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio’s Episcopal Vicar for Veterans Affairs WASHINGTON, DC—The Press Office of the Holy See made public this morning that the Bishop of Rome has accepted the resignation tendered by the Most Reverend Richard B. Higgins who celebrated his 75th birthday on February …
Encore: March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial
IMAGE: CNS photo/Leslie E. Kossoff By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women’s suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the …
‘Violence in the name of God is blasphemy,’ USCCB president says
By LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Decrying the acts of religious violence that have taken place during the Christmas season, the president of the U.S. bishops declared: "Violence in the name of God is blasphemy." Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, chosen in November as president of the U.S. Conference …