Catholic Relief Services looks to change concept of world’s orphanages
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Stipe, courtesy Catholic Relief Services By Chaz Muth BALTIMORE (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services has released an emotion-filled video as a way of starting a conversation about the world’s orphanages. Children no longer end up in orphanages in the United States, and officials at CRS want a …
Loving Enemies, right here, right now
By Jeanne Hunt Do you have enemies? Are there people you can’t stand because they have caused you great harm? Most of us might have a short list of enemies: a few politicians, a high school basketball coach, the girl who dumped you in college. And then there is the …
Chatfield College launches mentoring program
Chatfield College has launched a mentoring program at its Over-the-Rhine campus aimed at further helping its students succeed. Volunteer mentors are needed. An organizational meeting for potential mentors was held July 26th at Chatfield’s OTR campus located at 1544 Central Parkway, just south of Liberty Street. “Many of our students, …
Let Jesus be ‘your teacher, your life coach,’ archbishop urges teens
IMAGE: Victor Aleman, Angelus News By LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles told 1,600 Catholic teens gathered for the “City of Saints” conference that their faith and love for Jesus was an inspiration. “Your desire to live your faith and share your faith — it …
Pope says he’s saddened by ‘perfect’ Catholics who despise others
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God did not choose perfect people to form his church, but rather sinners who have experienced his love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said. The Gospel of Luke’s account of Jesus forgiving the sinful woman shows how his actions …
CARROLL TOPS NICHE.COM’S LIST OF DAYTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
DAYTON, Ohio For the second year in a row, school ranking service www.niche.com rated Carroll High School as the best Catholic high school in the Dayton area. Niche.com analyzes comprehensive data and community reviews to determine its rankings. According to niche.com, ranking factors include SAT/ACT scores, the quality of colleges …
Bishop attends ICE meeting for mother fearing separation from sick child
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — After hearing about the plight of a cancer-stricken child whose mother was facing imminent deportation, a U.S. border bishop, Texas Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, decided to pay the pair a visit at the hospital. On Aug. 7, he prayed at a …
Lessons about New York church’s historic pipe organ part of music camp
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chris Sheridan By Armando Machado NEW YORK (CNS) — At the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Lower Manhattan, Polina Maller, 11, took a few moments from her violin lesson to talk about her appreciation for music. “It’s fun, and I like it. Music makes me feel …
Chapel ministers to souls who visit, live amid Grand Canyon splendor
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto, Florida Catholic By Ana Rodriguez-Soto GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (CNS) — Father Rafael Bercasio pastors perhaps the smallest parish in America — and the most uniquely situated. A short walk away from the south rim of the Grand Canyon sits El Cristo Rey Chapel, a …
Pope tells Belgian Brothers of Charity no more euthanasia for patients
By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Pope Francis has given a Belgian religious order until the end of August to stop offering euthanasia to psychiatric patients. Brother Rene Stockman, superior general of the order, told Catholic News Service the pope gave his personal approval to a Vatican demand that …