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Inviting neighbors to say rosary together leads to community of prayer
IMAGE: CNS photo/Doug Hesse, The Leaven By Moira Cullings OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (CNS) — It was an invitation Erin Joerger never expected to receive from a neighbor: "We’re going to watch the Super Bowl and pray the rosary before. Come over." "I kind of thought they were joking," she said. …
Pope: Money from human trafficking stained with blood
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hands of those who engage in human trafficking are stained with the blood of countless victims whose lives and dignity were sacrificed, Pope Francis said. In a video message released by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the pope offered his prayer …
Scharfenberger to close Buffalo’s Christ the King Seminary
Buffalo, N.Y., Feb 4, 2020 / 02:45 pm (CNA).- The interim leader in the Diocese of Buffalo announced Tuesday that the diocesan seminary will suspend its operations at the end of the current semester. Although Christ the King Seminary has been at the center of recent controversies in the embattled …
What Pope Francis told Tim Tebow
Vatican City, Feb 6, 2020 / 10:37 am (CNA).- He is a Heisman Trophy winner, a two-time college football champion, a sports broadcaster, and one of the most watched players ever to play professional football, even while his career was short-lived. At 32, he is also a minor-league baseball player, …
Videos are a new component to U.S. bishops’ ‘Faithful Citizenship’ guide
IMAGE: CNS By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — A series of long-planned videos that supplement the U.S. bishops’ quadrennial "Faithful Citizenship" document that provides guidance to voters during a presidential election year have been finalized for viewing. Posted on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ website at faithfulcitizenship.org and the …
‘He was a great,’ Pope Francis says of St. John Paul II
IMAGE: CNS photo/Edizioni San Paolo By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — St. John Paul II taught the world that truly great faith and holiness dwell in "the normality of a person who lives in profound communion with Christ," Pope Francis said in a new book. Precisely because he allowed …
Pope: God’s kingdom is for the poor in spirit, not the proud of heart
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who recognize and embrace their spiritual poverty will inherit the kingdom of God, not those who place their trust in the comforts of this world, Pope Francis said. The rise and fall of powerful governments and kingdoms throughout …
As other U.S. papers close or shrink, Oregon’s Catholic newspaper endures
IMAGE: CNS Photo/courtesy Catholic Sentinel archives By PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — As many U.S. newspapers close or shrink, Oregon’s Catholic journal has held steady for decades and even has tracked a small uptick in readership. The Catholic Sentinel, begun in Portland by Irish immigrants in 1870, has been on thin …
Rome has vocation of dialogue and inclusion, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The loss of the papal states and the declaration of Rome as the capital of a united Italy 150 years ago was a "providential" event that changed the city and the church, Pope Francis said. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican …
Colombian diocese, with some U.S. support, helps flood of Venezuelans
IMAGE: CNS photo/Manuel Rueda By Manuel Rueda CUCUTA, Colombia (CNS) — Every weekday before she heads to work, Angelica Tesorero takes her small children to a day care center run by the Diocese of Cucuta. She hugs the two siblings, kisses them on the cheek and leaves them to a …