Famine, worsened by war, threatens South Sudanese, official says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Nancy McNally, Catholic Relief Services By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Some 5 million people in South Sudan — half of its total population — are on the brink of starvation and a quarter of a million children are already severely malnourished, a representative from the U.S. …
Don’t treat confessional like a dry cleaners, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The confessional is a place where one can go to humbly seek forgiveness; it is not a dry cleaners where one goes to remove the occasional stain, Pope Francis said. While forgiveness is “God’s great work of mercy,” …
Church experience more than just a cut-and-run flash mob, pope says
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people. “The genuine experience of the church is not like a flash mob, where people agree to …
At 50, ‘Populorum Progressio’ takes on new life through Pope Francis
IMAGE: CNS By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — These days when Pope Francis talks about integral human development and his vision of a church that goes to the margins of the world, he undoubtedly thanks a predecessor of 50 years ago for the inspiration. Blessed Paul VI addressed “the progressive …
God’s Mechanics: The Religious Life of Techies
Athenaeum of Ohio – Brother Guy delivered his lecture to 275 people, including Athenaeum seminarians, faculty and staff, Frassati Fellowship young adults, Cincinnati Astronomical Society members and Sisters of Notre Dame. He told the group that the Church has always supported scientific study. He said, “Studying science is an act …
Northern Ireland political leader Martin McGuinness dies at 66
IMAGE: CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters By Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) — Martin McGuinness, 66, who went from being a paramilitary leader to laying the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland, died March 21. McGuinness was diagnosed with a rare heart condition in December and died in a hospital in Londonderry, …
Glenmary Brother Bob Hoffman dead at 89
Builder, writer: For 64 years, missioner found new ways to serve CINCINNATI, Ohio (March 21, 2017) – Brother Robert John Hoffman, a Glenmary Home Missioner for 64 years, died March 17 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 89. A member of the Brothers Building Crew, Brother Bob worked throughout the United …
Lenten almsgiving at St. Charles Borromeo targets Dayton charities
St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Kettering is donating goods to two local charities for its Lenten almsgiving: the pantry in the Biltmore Towers for seniors and the Brunner Literacy Center for adult learning. The charities have provided St. Charles with a list of needed items. Parishioners are bringing them to …
House bill’s ‘life protections’ said laudable, other aspects ‘troubling’
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The inclusion of “critical life protections” in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are “troubling” and “must be addressed” before the measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee. …
Pope apologizes for Catholics’ participation in Rwanda genocide
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis asked God’s forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious. “He implored anew God’s forgiveness for the sins and …