U.S. bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with postelection animus
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — Like many others, the U.S. Catholic bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with a president-elect who’s different from anyone they’ve dealt with in the past and one involved in one of the most rancorous elections in …
New York state court rules Sheen remains should be transferred to Peoria
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Tom Dermody PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) — The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled Nov. 17 in favor of the family of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen regarding their request to allow the transfer of the sainthood candidate’s remains to Peoria, where he …
Pope: Fragile egos, power grabbers, sad sacks are cancer in church
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The church is not a prop for one’s ego, a soapbox for ideas or a suit of armor protecting a sad life, Pope Francis said. “The church exists only as an instrument for communicating God’s merciful plan to the people,” …
People can sniff out greedy priests, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics will forgive their priests for almost any weakness, but not for an exaggerated attachment to money or for mistreating parishioners, Pope Francis told 160 priests who work in Vatican nunciatures around the world. “The people of God have a …
St. Gabriel School celebrates 150th anniversary
Students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff from the St. Gabriel Consolidated School came together Sept. 29, the feast day of their patron saint, for a special Mass that officially kicked off the school’s 150th anniversary celebration. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer presided at the liturgy, which was held at St. …
Athenaeum News: Bishop Emeritus Slattery Installs Acolytes
ATHENAUEM – “It is always a wonderful experience to see young men willing to embrace the vocation to the priesthood. They are the latest in a long line of faithful witnesses,” said Father Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh, president and rector. The installation to the Ministry of Acolyte took place in the Chapel of …
Bishop’s pastoral visit to inmates part of Year of Mercy outreach
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Sam Lucero REDGRANITE, Wis. (CNS) — Behind a makeshift altar standing in the shadows of a basketball hoop, Bishop David L. Ricken celebrated Mass in a gymnasium that could have been mistaken for any Catholic school gym in the Diocese of Green Bay. …
Throwback Thursday: Fr. Francis Lasance
by Sarah Patterson Fr. Francis Lasance, born in Cincinnati on January 24, 1860, was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese on May 24, 1883. In the first few years of his priesthood, he was assigned to Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Reading; Emmanuel Church, Dayton; and then briefly in Lebanon …
Exam week offers opportunities for prayer, community
Students fret as the end of a term means exam week. “I would never encourage a student don’t worry about studying and you’ll be fine. That’s kind of a ‘God will have mercy on you (attitude). But, use of the powers and gifts God has given you is important. I …
Becoming cardinal is call to share mercy, cardinal-designate says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Being created a cardinal in the Year of Mercy brings with it an obligation to continue to proclaim and share God’s mercy with others, said Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin. The current archbishop of Indianapolis, who will be installed as archbishop of …