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President honors spirit of Notre Dame student with rare disease
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Megan Crowley, a University of Notre Dame student born with a rare disease, was recognized by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. The president Feb. 28 acknowledged Megan Crowley, 20, who has Pompe …
President honors spirit of Notre Dame student with rare disease
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Megan Crowley, a University of Notre Dame student born with a rare disease, was recognized by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. The president Feb. 28 acknowledged Megan Crowley, 20, who has Pompe …
Pope: Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the …
Pope: Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the …
Lent is time to relive exodus from slavery to freedom, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like the people of Israel freed from the bondage of slavery, Christians are called to experience the path toward hope and new life during the Lenten season, Pope Francis said. Through his passion, death and resurrection, Jesus “has opened …
Lent is time to relive exodus from slavery to freedom, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like the people of Israel freed from the bondage of slavery, Christians are called to experience the path toward hope and new life during the Lenten season, Pope Francis said. Through his passion, death and resurrection, Jesus “has opened …
Abuse survivor quits papal body, citing Vatican resistance to safeguarding
IMAGE: CNS/Carol Glatz By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One of the founding members and the last remaining abuse survivor on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has quit over what she described as resistance coming from Vatican offices against implementing recommendations. Marie Collins, who joined the …
Abuse survivor quits papal body, citing Vatican resistance to safeguarding
IMAGE: CNS/Carol Glatz By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One of the founding members and the last remaining abuse survivor on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has quit over what she described as resistance coming from Vatican offices against implementing recommendations. Marie Collins, who joined the …
Vandalism at Jewish cemeteries decried, called hateful actions
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom Gannam, Reuters By Matthew Gambino PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Responding to the destruction of some 100 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Feb. 27 deplored the “senseless acts of mass vandalism.” The gravestones were discovered toppled over from their bases the previous morning …
Don’t worry how it’s spent, always give homeless a handout, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who don’t give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures they are secretly spending money on, Pope Francis said. “There are many …