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Catholics can offer calming voice in a time of fiery political debates
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics — clergy, religious and laypeople in the pews — can utilize the values of their faith to overcome the increasing fiery rhetoric emerging because of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions, several Catholic observers said. While watching …
Imelda stirs up painful memories of Harvey as Houston church floods again
IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald By James Ramos HUFFMAN, Texas (CNS) — The damp odor in his now-empty office. The din of dozens of ventilation fans blasting air at max speed. The slashing sound of saws tearing apart drywall. The dark, murky water still standing on roadsides. The …
On feast of St. Francis, pope joins Amazonians to plant tree at Vatican
IMAGE: REUTERS By Barbara J. Fraser VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis joined Amazonian church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens. He also consecrated the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon to St. Francis. The …
Dallas’ Bishop Burns says forgiveness in court was act of Christian love
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom Fox pool via Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Dallas bishop said that the public forgiveness offered by the brother of a murder victim toward the person who killed him was "an incredible example of Christian love." Bishop Edward J. Burns, who heads of the …
Cardinal Newman’s canonization: Chance for campus groups to ‘reclaim’ name
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The upcoming canonization of Blessed John Henry Newman begs the question: Do Catholic college students today even know who Cardinal Newman is? Yes and no, seems to be the answer, depending on where they go to school, …
Synod document is to aid discussion, not be church teaching, cardinal says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes said the working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not official church teaching, but rather a way for bishops to listen to the local church’s concerns. The working document, which …
Violence on Amazonian border puts indigenous at risk, say church workers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters By Barbara J. Fraser ROME (CNS) — A series of violent events on the Amazonian border shared by Brazil and Peru has placed isolated indigenous people at risk, church workers say. Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, who worked with the Brazilian government’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, …
Ranch aims to help teens, veterans work through mental health struggles
IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Bonar, The Register By Karen Bonar CHAPMAN, Kan. (CNS) — Rhythmically, the song of the crickets rises and falls across the rolling hills. Soft clouds float through the sky as rays from the setting sun dance across yellow butterweed flowers. Jordyn slowly uses a brush along the …
Report says Vatican suspends five employees following raid
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican apparently has suspended five employees after raids on Vatican offices. Vatican police conducted a raid on offices in the Secretariat of State and its financial oversight office Oct. 1 following complaints of financial mismanagement, the Vatican …
Without Holy Spirit, preaching becomes proselytizing, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A person who claims to preach the Gospel by convincing people of their beliefs in Jesus is not evangelizing, but proselytizing, Pope Francis said. "If there is no Holy Spirit, there is no evangelization," the pope said …