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Supreme Court examines dementia, health issues in death penalty cases
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term: if an inmate with dementia should be executed if he has no memory of the crime he committed …
Some married men would answer a call to priesthood, bishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Speaking to the Synod of Bishops on behalf of Belgium’s bishops’ conference, a bishop said he was sure some young married men would become priests if they were asked. The vocations of Christian marriage and “celibacy for the kingdom” …
Brewers chaplain finds joy in connecting his love of priesthood, sports
IMAGE: CNS photo/Allen Fredrickson for The Compass By Maryangela Roman MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Champagne corks popped in the visiting clubhouse Oct. 7 as the Milwaukee Brewers celebrated their sweep of the Colorado Rockies, advancing to the National League Championship Series. Back home in Wisconsin, an extended member of the Brewers’ …
New saints shared a close friendship, professor says
IMAGE: CNS phot0/Equipo Maiz, courtesy CAFOD, Just one World By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Blesseds Paul VI and Oscar Romero crossed paths on their road to sainthood and formed a personal friendship that strengthened each other’s resolve in the face of growing challenges, an Italian professor said. According …
Contempt for life is the source of all evil, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Procuring an abortion is wrong, inhumane and like hiring a hit man “to fix a problem,” Pope Francis said. It is a contradiction to allow for killing a human life in a mother’s womb “in the name of protecting …
From Ohio to Kenya, Glenmary brother trots globe in search of vocations
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Glenmary Home Missioners By John Stegeman CINCINNATI (CNS) — God’s ability to call vocations isn’t limited by geography, and so a vocation director must go wherever the Holy Spirit leads. For Brother David Henley, a member of the Glenmary Home Missioners, it’s led all around the world. …
Church needs to meet young people where they are, U.S. observer says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Anne Condodina VATICAN CITY (CNS) – To reach young people and teach them the faith, Catholics must first show them that they are loved, “not just judged, discarded, or abused,” said a 29-year-old observer at the Synod of Bishops. Yadira Vieyra, who works with migrant …
How Paul VI influenced one young man who now leads his home diocese
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Brescia By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — His voice, his outstretched hands, his boarding an airplane to meet the world — those are some of the most striking things about Blessed Paul VI that moved and inspired a young man discerning the priesthood. “I …
Martyred archbishop lived Gospel, sought God’s will, says Mercy sister
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Norma Montenegro Flynn WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the world Synod of Bishops unfolds at the Vatican, thousands of faithful pilgrims get ready to witness the Oct. 14 canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero, along with Blessed Paul VI and five other new saints. Among those preparing …
Mercy, love can heal wounded marriages, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God wants couples to live out their marriage faithfully and not abandon hope when things go awry, Pope Francis said. “A love with mutual self-giving sustained by Christ’s grace” is what allows couples to remain united in …