Parish on Mexico-Guatemala border prepares for new wave of asylum seekers
IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren FRONTERA COMALAPA, Mexico (CNS) — In the early 1980s, parishioners at the Santo Nino de Atocha parish in this town on the Mexico-Guatemala border opened their church and homes to refugees fleeing civil war in Guatemala. Three decades later, they’re preparing for another …
Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should care about reading God’s messages in the Bible as much as they care about checking messages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said. As Christ did in the desert when tempted by Satan, men and women …
Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should care about reading God’s messages in the Bible as much as they care about checking messages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said. As Christ did in the desert when tempted by Satan, men and women …
A picture says A thousand words: St. Ignatius Students mix it up
On Tuesday February 28th, students from St. Ignatius School in Cincinnati took part in a “challenge by choice” activity called “Mix It Up at Lunch” which is part of a National Campaign started by Teaching Tolerance in 2002. Students were encouraged to eat lunch with peers they may not typically …
A Question of Faith: What are the consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin?
By Father David Endres Q: In Genesis 3, it is recorded that Adam and Eve ate from the tree of which God forbid them to eat from, but Eve ate first, inviting Adam to do the same. What if Eve was the only one to eat the fruit – the …
In Memoriam: Fr. François Rossier
The Rev. François Rossier, S.M., executive director of the University of Dayton’s International Marian Research Institute, one of the largest international centers of study, research and teaching on Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, has died. He was 59. The University will hold a Memorial Mass for Rossier at 5 …
A picture says a thousand words: Regnum Christi welcomes Fr. Lucio Boccacci
The first Mass of Fr. Lucio Boccacci was held on January 21st at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center.
Bishops: Congress must consider budget’s moral, human dimensions
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of six U.S. bishops’ policy committees March 3 told members of the House and Senate that every decision they will make on the federal budget “should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity.” “A central moral measure of any …
Bishops: Congress must consider budget’s moral, human dimensions
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of six U.S. bishops’ policy committees March 3 told members of the House and Senate that every decision they will make on the federal budget “should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity.” “A central moral measure of any …
Egyptian priest praises Muslim support of threatened Christians
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPA By Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) — A spokesman for Egypt’s Catholic Church praised local Muslims for helping embattled Christians after a series of Islamic State attacks in Sinai. Father Rafic Greiche, spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, said Christians must differentiate between ordinary Muslims and extremists. …