Pilgrimage to Fatima a time of prayer, encounter, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves LEIRIA, Portugal (CNS) — Pope Francis said his two-day pilgrimage to Fatima would be a time of prayer and encounter with Jesus and Mary. The visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima “is a bit special,” he told reporters aboard …
Anti-death penalty activist says she wrestled with issue and ‘God won’
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Marietta Jaeger-Lane has faced the death penalty issue head-on. In 1973, when her 7-year-old daughter was kidnapped during a family camping trip in Montana and murdered by her captor, the mother of five said she would have killed the person who did it with …
Guatemalans share needs, hopes Ohians travel to Guatemala to better understand of Guatemalans here
By Patricia McGeever Julie Bishop got her first passport last year, with no immediate plans to travel. She was a bit surprised when just three weeks later she was invited to make her first trip out of the United States. She calls it her “God moment.” The invitation came from …
Meet Scott Kopp who will be ordained in the Diocese of Youngstown
Deacon Scott M. Kopp Family: Father: David Kopp, retired steel worker Mother: Mary Lou Comignaghi, works at county Credit Union Step-Father: Michael Comignaghi, Insurance Company Brother: David Kopp, financial officer, Superior Clay Corp. Sister-in-Law: Molly Kopp, owns design firm Step-brothers and wives: Heath and Brandy Comignaghi Jason and Virginia Comignaghi …
Spring Theology on Tap
It’s the season for Theology on Tap. Here’s a great chance to have community and learn more about the faith in casual setting. It all takes place at Molly Malone’s at 6111 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati Ohio 45213. Gather at 7:00 p.m., Talk at 7:30 p.m.. Map for Molly Malone’s https://goo.gl/maps/RZkttvt9z5A2 …
Convocation delegate said becoming Catholic was something he ‘had to do’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Isaiah Burroughs, a 20-year-old student at The Catholic University of America in Washington, gets an idea in his head, he follows through with it pretty much immediately. When he was praying in the university chapel during a freshman retreat …
Go out now, share the Gospel, get messy, pope tells Quebec bishops
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without waiting for some well-researched, detailed plan with action items and measurable goals, Catholics in Quebec must go out and share the Gospel, Pope Francis told the bishops of the province. Meeting the 29 bishops of Quebec May 11, Pope …
Bots, apps, trips: U.S. mission societies connect people in many ways
IMAGE: CNS By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Making connections — not just collections — drives the work of the Pontifical Mission Societies. That is why the United States’ office tapped into the rich digital-media milieu to offer a Facebook Messenger bot to connect with Pope Francis and a …
Encounter and Dialogue lead to understanding
The young news clerk at the newspaper I edited in North Carolina had a healthy, if peculiar curiosity about Catholics and our beliefs. Did we really pray to statues? Did we pray in a language (Latin) also used by Satan? Did we really drink blood at Mass? Did all Catholics …
Pope: Spirit helps church see mortal sin in slavery, death penalty
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Faith is a journey guided by the Holy Spirit, who helps the church grow in understanding the sinful nature of once-accepted practices like slavery and the death penalty, Pope Francis said. While people once even used religious reasons to justify practices such …