Catholic Bracketology: Catholic Schools in the Tournament
Monday April 3rd Gonzaga came up short against the North Carolina Tar Heels, losing 71-65 Saturday April 1st: Gonzaga defeated South Carolina 77 -33 Gonzaga heads to the Final Four A note about Gonzaga. Gonzaga is a Jesuit University in Spokane Washington, founded in 1887. Gonzaga has approximately 7.500 students. …
As in his life, all welcomed at Cardinal Keeler’s funeral Mass
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review By Erik Zygmont BALTIMORE (CNS) — Mourners from near and far, and all walks of life and various creeds, filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland March 28 for the funeral Mass of Cardinal William H. Keeler, 14th archbishop of Baltimore. …
Nativity Parish celebrates a century of faith
By Walt Schaefer As Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Pleasant Ridge celebrates a century of proclaiming the faith, lifetime parishioners celebrate a place where their Catholic roots were planted. The parish at the corners of Ridge Avenue and Woodford Road marked its 100th year with a centennial Mass in …
Catholic advocates critical of Trump’s order to review Clean Power Plan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic environmental advocates decried President Donald Trump’s executive order that would begin a review of his predecessor’s Clean Power Plan, which set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The advocates said that reversing any effort …
This time, Guterres visits Zaatari refugees as the U.N.’s top official
IMAGE: NS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters By Dale Gavlak ZAATARI, Jordan (CNS) — As the U.N. secretary-general visited the world’s biggest camp for Syrian refugees in late March, he made an impassioned plea: Stop Syria’s devastating war. “I want to make a strong appeal to the parties of the conflict and …
Pope: God promises the ‘impossible,’ asks people hope against all hope
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hope is not built on people’s predictions, assurances or line of reasoning, Pope Francis said. Real Christian hope “is not based on our word, but on God’s Word” and promises of salvation and eternal life, the pope said during his …
A look back: Ash Wednesday 2017
4 weeks ago, 28 days we began our Lenten Journey on Ash Wednesday March 1st. Scripture Connection: Brothers and sisters: We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him …
Pay close attention to pope’s words and actions, papal nuncio says
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the United States, gets plenty of questions about Pope Francis. A March 27 discussion at Georgetown University, sponsored by the university’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, was no exception. The nuncio, who sat onstage …
Global peace, security demand an end to nuclear weapons, pope tells U.N.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Bajornas, UN By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s threats to global peace and security must be countered through dialogue and development, not nuclear weapons, Pope Francis told the United Nations. “How sustainable is a stability based on fear, when it actually increases fear and undermines …
Resentment, complaints are rooted in the sin of sloth, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People should stop blaming and complaining so they can be filled with God’s joy and rise up to life’s challenges, Pope Francis said. Forgetting what joy is and languishing in self-pity come with the sin of sloth, the pope said March 28 in …