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Pregame prayer, solid teamwork clinched win for Loyola, says nun-chaplain
DALLAS (CNS) — A religious sister who is the longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team credited the pregame prayer and the players’ solid teamwork for the Ramblers’ thrilling, last-second 64-62 win over the University of Miami in the NCAA Tournament on March 15. “Our team is …
Imitate St. Pio’s life, don’t forget poor, marginalized, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy (CNS) — Many people admire St. Padre Pio, but too few imitate him, especially in his care for the weak, the sick and those who modern culture treats as disposable, Pope Francis said during Mass at Padre Pio’s shrine. …
Court remands Maribel Trujillo deportation case
Woman’s plight that made national news reconsidered By Walt Schaefer A January ruling by the United States Sixth District Court of Appeals remanded the deportation case of Fairfield resident Maribel Trujillo Diaz back to the Cleveland-based Bureau of Immigration Appeals for a new hearing. Tony Stieritz, director of the Archdiocese …
Vatican tribunal finds Archbishop Apuron of Guam guilty of abuse
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican tribunal found Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of Agana, Guam, guilty of some of the accusations made against him, accusations which included the sexual abuse of minors. After a canonical trial conducted by the apostolic tribunal of the Congregation …
Blurred lines: Vatican manipulation of photo becomes the story (commentary)
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Greg Erlandson WASHINGTON (CNS) — What was meant to be an intellectual tribute to Pope Francis has instead become the backdrop to the latest tempest over transparency and this pontificate. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, the Vatican publishing …
Human trafficking called ‘one of darkest, most revolting realities’ today
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lilian Muendo, courtesy GSR By Beth Griffin UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Mely Lenario quietly described her harrowing journey from ambitious, naive rural girl trafficked to hopeless, drug-fueled urban prostitute, through slow rehabilitation to a new life as an outreach worker. After she finished her story, hundreds of people …
It takes more than one ‘Our Father’ to ask for God’s help, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praying for God’s intercession takes courage, dogged persistence and patience, said Pope Francis. “If I want the Lord to listen to what I am asking him, I have to go, and go and go — knock on the door and …
Twenty-Nine Men Gather for Discernment Retreat on Possible Vocations as U.S. Military Chaplains
West Coast gathering a part of ongoing effort to fill growing shortage of Catholic chaplains in the Armed Forces MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA— Twenty-nine men from three service branches of the United States Armed Forces will gather here this weekend for a March 15-18 discernment retreat aimed at helping them determine …
Irish-born religious recall leaving homeland to devote lives to U.S. kids
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jerri Donohue By Jerri Donohue BRECKSVILLE, Ohio (CNS) — When Sister Anne McCrohan said goodbye to her parents and most of her 10 siblings at a train station in County Kerry, she thought it was forever. At age 18, Sister McCrohan had agreed to go to America to …
National School Walkout is time of prayer for many Catholic schools
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Davis for the Flor By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — March 14, exactly one month since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students from around the country planned to walk out of their schools in protest of the nation’s gun laws for 17 minutes. The time …