Archbishop Schnurr: World Day of the Poor highlights need for Catholic Campaign for Human Development
My Dear Friends in Christ, On November 19, the Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Pope Francis is instituting a new tradition for our Church: a World Day of the Poor. In his inaugural message for this occasion, the Holy Father announced, “This new World Day should become a powerful appeal …
‘Horrendous attack’ in New York ‘weighs on all our hearts,’ says cardinal
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The “horrendous act” by a driver in a pickup truck who mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in New York late in the afternoon Oct. 31 “weighs on all of our hearts,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “This afternoon we heard of …
Pope Francis’s prayer intentions for November
Pope Francis’s prayer intentions for November: Christians in Asia That Christians in Asia, bearing witness to the Gospel in word and deed, may promote dialogue, peace, and mutual understanding, especially with those of other religions.
October Obituaries
Sister Rose Virginia Brown A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Rose Virginia Brown was celebrated Sept. 22 in the motherhouse chapel. Sister Rose Virginia, 95, died Sept. 12. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 75 years. A native of Sidney, Sister Rose …
Vatican, Lutheran federation announce study on church, Eucharist, ministry
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The official Catholic-Lutheran dialogue will begin a deeper exploration of common beliefs and differences on “church, Eucharist and ministry,” the Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation announced. When Pope Francis joined Bishop Munib A. Younan, then the president of the Lutheran World Federation, …
Consistently anti-nuke: Pope continues papal pleas for disarmament
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More than two years before the first atomic bomb was dropped, Pope Pius XII warned of the “catastrophic” consequences that could come from using the discovery of nuclear fission to create weapons. Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in February …
After Harvey, faith fuels Houston fans; World Series is boost city needed
IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Cat By James Ramos HOUSTON (CNS) — Baseball bats and rosary beads were the only thing on Tonya Killian’s mind as she walked toward Minute Maid Park for Game 3 of the 2017 World Series. A longtime Houston Astros fan and parishioner at Mary Queen …
Fatima centennial in Dayton
Dayton’s St. Mary Church celebrated the centennial of Our Lady of Fatima’s final apparition and the Miracle of the Sun with an evening Mass preceded by a procession around the church with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The Mass was in Spanish and English, because the parish is …
Assassin happy for beatification of Indian Clarist nun
IMAGE: CNS photo/Anto Akkara By Anto Akkara BANGALORE, India (CNS) — An Indian nun stabbed to death in 1995 will be beatified Nov. 4, and one of those who will celebrate is her assassin. Clarist Sister Rani Maria Vattalil, 41, was stabbed in front of more than 50 bus passengers …
Father Dave Endres for November: Can a soul in hell enter heaven?
Q: The Catechism defines hell as “eternal separation from God” (1035). However, it says that at the last judgment “before [Jesus] will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another. . . And [some] will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” …
