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Indiana parish opens ‘Blessing Box’ as a gift to people in need
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish By John Shaughnessy INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Father Doug Marcotte believes "there’s no better way to change a community than one small act of kindness at a time." So the pastor of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Jeffersonville embraced a …
‘Cardinal virtue’ of justice must be protected, pope tells judges
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Justice, along with prudence, fortitude and temperance, is a virtue that must be defended for the good of society, Pope Francis told a group of Italian judges. A world without justice risks weakening the very fabric of society …
Witness, discipleship are key to missionary work, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Proclaiming the Gospel is not the same thing as proselytism and often means simply being a neighbor and friend to someone while living an authentically Christian life, Pope Francis said. Mission "is that dynamic that leads you to be …
Judge allows survey of church property for border wall construction
IMAGE: CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — A judge in Texas ruled Feb. 6 that the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, must allow federal officials to survey some of its property for possible construction of a border wall on it. The action had been blocked by Brownsville …
Archbishop Gomez calls for ‘new humanism’ amid troubled times
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Jacob Comello WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles told a crowd of priests, women religious and students the story of a Spanish missionary named Montesinos. Witnessing the cruelty of colonialists to Indians, Montesinos did not back down in a 1511 Advent …
Africa is also grappling with clerical abuse, say Catholic leaders
IMAGE: CNS photo/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — When child sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic priests emerge in Africa, they do not draw a frenzied reaction similar to that witnessed in developed countries, but the continent’s church is affected, said Catholic leaders. While there is a …
Does God want religious diversity? Abu Dhabi text raises questions
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — That many religions exist in the world is a fact, but what that plurality communicates to believers about God is a question that theologians are still discussing. Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, a leading …
Even with his team’s loss, Rams exec counts health, family, faith as wins
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy the Pastoors Family By Matthew Davis and Dave Hrbacek ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — When Tony Pastoors was 5 days old, his mother, Betsy, kneeled in a hospital chapel to pray that his life would be spared. He seemed fine when he was born Sept. 24, 1987, …
Jesuit Father Arrupe’s sainthood cause officially opens in Rome
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Jesuits Global By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — The sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe was formally opened in Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Feb. 5, the 28th anniversary of Father Arrupe’s death. The cause of Father Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuits …
Pope: Respect, dialogue key for peace between Christians, Muslims
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates, while brief, was a new page in relations between Christians and Muslims at a time when conflict and violence threaten the goal of lasting peace. Recalling …