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Situation for Iraqi refugees in Jordan ‘critical and dangerous’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPA By Dale Gavlak AL-UM-KUNDUN, Jordan (CNS) — Catholic leaders have expressed concern for tens of thousands of Iraqi Christian refugees sheltering in Jordan as access to international aid tightens with crises deepening in the Middle East and elsewhere. “The situation of Iraqi Christians refugees is …
Prayers planned for Indian Salesian kidnapped last March in Yemen
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Salesians By BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil. The priest was kidnapped in Aden, Yemen, March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of …
Prayers planned for Indian Salesian kidnapped last March in Yemen
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Salesians By BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil. The priest was kidnapped in Aden, Yemen, March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of …
Faith can’t grow without temptation, pope tells Rome priests
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Faith is a continuing path of growth and maturity that cannot progress without the presence of temptations, Pope Francis told priests of the Diocese of Rome. How faith develops in “a man, in a priest” despite his flaws can be …
Faith can’t grow without temptation, pope tells Rome priests
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Faith is a continuing path of growth and maturity that cannot progress without the presence of temptations, Pope Francis told priests of the Diocese of Rome. How faith develops in “a man, in a priest” despite his flaws can be …
Archbishop in pastoral calls on Catholics to ‘show forth image of God’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By J.D. Long-Garcia LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The answer to society’s dysfunctions can be found in one person: Jesus Christ. That message is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez — “For Greater Things You Were …
Archbishop in pastoral calls on Catholics to ‘show forth image of God’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By J.D. Long-Garcia LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The answer to society’s dysfunctions can be found in one person: Jesus Christ. That message is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez — “For Greater Things You Were …
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 …