Four-year ‘encuentro’ process begins in the U.S.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — In Spanish, the word “encuentro” means encounter and in the modern church in the U.S., it refers to a series of meetings that will take place over the next four years aimed at getting to know Latinos and producing more …
Mexican archdiocese: Companies that work on border wall are ‘traitors’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters By David Agren CUERNAVACA, Mexico (CNS) — An Archdiocese of Mexico City editorial condemned Mexican companies wishing to work on the proposed wall being built on the U.S.-Mexico border as “traitors” and called on authorities to castigate any company that provides services for fencing off …
Message in a bottle: Letters need humble response, say abuse survivors
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Acknowledging correspondence and treating victims with respect is the very least church officials can offer, said survivors of clergy sex abuse. Never letting a letter or email languish unanswered was such a key “best practice” of showing care and concern …
Child protection commission seeks new ways to be informed by victims
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Following the resignation of a prominent member and abuse survivor, a pontifical commission charged with addressing issues related to clergy sex abuse vowed to continue to seek input from victims and survivors. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of …
Pope asks children to promise Jesus they will never be bullies
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Pope Francis asked 45,000 children preparing for confirmation to promise Jesus they would never engage in bullying. Turning stern during a lively and laughter-filled encounter March 25, Pope Francis told the youngsters he was very worried about the growing phenomenon of …
Spread hope, preach Christ, don’t worry about numbers, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Visiting Milan, the center of Italian fashion and finance, Pope Francis spent the morning with the poor and those who minister to them. He had lunch at the city’s historic San Vittore prison, where all 893 inmates — men and women …
Health care bill diagnosis: never had input from those who care for sick
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, doesn’t mince words when it comes to the American Health Care Act, which was short of votes and withdrawn by House Republicans …
Remember shattered walls of past divisions, pope tells EU leaders
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Europe must recover the memories and lessons of past tragedies in order to confront the challenges Europeans face today that seek to divide rather than unite humanity, Pope Francis said. While the founding fathers of what …
Indigenous, accompanied by church, fight for rights in Amazon rainforest
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Barb Fraze WASHINGTON (CNS) — The railroad runs more than 550 miles through 27 communities in the Brazilian Amazon. It runs so close to people’s homes that the houses have cracked, and some people have hearing loss. The trains carry minerals out of the rainforest …
A picture says a thousand words: Mercy Students Visit McAuley
Mother of Mercy Sophomore’s visited McAuley High School.
