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With Romero, the church gains a model Salvadorans have long venerated
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — A few years ago, I asked a Salvadoran priest whether he believed Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the best known of the martyrs of El Salvador, would ever be recognized by the Catholic Church as a saint. He didn’t hesitate …
Limousine crash ‘heartbreaking, gut-wrenching’ for New York community
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lori Van Buren, Times Union By Kate Blain ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — Among the 20 people killed in a devastating limousine accident Oct. 6 in Schoharie were several victims who had connections to parishes, schools and Catholic organizations of the Albany Diocese. All 17 passengers in the limo …
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 …