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Evangelization at the margins drives USCCB convocation planning
By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — This summer’s convocation of American Catholic leaders will give the 3,000 participants a better understanding of what it means to be missionary disciples who evangelize in every facet of their lives. Representatives of sponsoring organizations preparing for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops-led, invitation-only …
Evangelization at the margins drives USCCB convocation planning
By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — This summer’s convocation of American Catholic leaders will give the 3,000 participants a better understanding of what it means to be missionary disciples who evangelize in every facet of their lives. Representatives of sponsoring organizations preparing for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops-led, invitation-only …
Cardinal: Alleged Vatican resistance to child protection a ‘cliche’
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican’s doctrinal chief dismissed accusations that some Vatican officials are resisting recommendations on best practices for protecting children and vulnerable adults from clergy sex abuse. “I think this cliche must be put to an end: the idea that …
Cardinal: Alleged Vatican resistance to child protection a ‘cliche’
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican’s doctrinal chief dismissed accusations that some Vatican officials are resisting recommendations on best practices for protecting children and vulnerable adults from clergy sex abuse. “I think this cliche must be put to an end: the idea that …
Parish on Mexico-Guatemala border prepares for new wave of asylum seekers
IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren FRONTERA COMALAPA, Mexico (CNS) — In the early 1980s, parishioners at the Santo Nino de Atocha parish in this town on the Mexico-Guatemala border opened their church and homes to refugees fleeing civil war in Guatemala. Three decades later, they’re preparing for another …
Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should care about reading God’s messages in the Bible as much as they care about checking messages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said. As Christ did in the desert when tempted by Satan, men and women …
Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should care about reading God’s messages in the Bible as much as they care about checking messages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said. As Christ did in the desert when tempted by Satan, men and women …
Bishops: Congress must consider budget’s moral, human dimensions
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of six U.S. bishops’ policy committees March 3 told members of the House and Senate that every decision they will make on the federal budget “should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity.” “A central moral measure of any …
Bishops: Congress must consider budget’s moral, human dimensions
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of six U.S. bishops’ policy committees March 3 told members of the House and Senate that every decision they will make on the federal budget “should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity.” “A central moral measure of any …
Egyptian priest praises Muslim support of threatened Christians
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPA By Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) — A spokesman for Egypt’s Catholic Church praised local Muslims for helping embattled Christians after a series of Islamic State attacks in Sinai. Father Rafic Greiche, spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, said Christians must differentiate between ordinary Muslims and extremists. …