Admonish sin without putting on airs or being hypocrite, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Offering counsel and admonishing sinners are works of mercy, but they are not a license to pretend to be better than others, Pope Francis said. To counsel others is a chance to see how well you, too, measure …
End the Year of Mercy with a donation to CCHD
My Dear Friends in Christ, On the weekend of Nov. 19-20, the feast of Christ the King, Pope Francis will close the Holy Doors of Mercy at the Vatican, and we will do the same in the archdiocese at our own cathedral. While this symbolic gesture will conclude the Extraordinary …
Texas cardinal, L.A. archbishop elected USCCB president, vice president
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was elected president of the U.S. bishops’ conference Nov. 15 for a three-year term to begin at the conclusion of the bishops’ annual fall general assembly in Baltimore. Cardinal DiNardo collected a majority of …
Archbishop calls for bishops’ racism statement given election tension
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — Earlier this year, as communities faced tensions, protests and violence, following a spate of shootings and killings of black men by police, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, asked dioceses …
Papal persistence, followed by red hat, highlight importance of laity
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even though Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrell had asked his secretary to hold all phone calls so he could finish his work, one caller insisted on getting through. “She came in and said that the pope was on the telephone, …
Bishops celebrate Mass at historic black church to ‘convey solidarity’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — The U.S. bishops chose to break from tradition during this year’s fall assembly by celebrating Mass at the church known as the “Mother Church” of black Catholics in West Baltimore instead of the usual venue: Baltimore’s historic basilica. “I pray …
New cardinals, old traditions at play for Nov. 19 consistory
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a rather simple prayer service Nov. 19, Pope Francis will create 17 new cardinals and symbolically bind them to ancient church traditions. In the months following the consistory — as any gathering of cardinals is called — the new …
Queen of Peace Parish celebrates 75th anniversary
By Walt Schaefer When the 40 original families built the first Queen of Peace Church in 1941 in the small hamlet of Millville on US 27 between Hamilton and Oxford, there was no indoor plumbing. These farming families brought out their horses and equipment and erected what long-time parishioner Adela …
Time of mercy: Holy doors close, but mission of mercy continues
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Year of Mercy brought more than 20 million pilgrims to Rome, but for Pope Francis, the idea always was that the celebration of God’s mercy would be local: have people experience God’s love in their parishes and send them …
Big lessons to be learned from small actions, departing USCCB head says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) — In small and often intimate gestures, there are big lessons for bishops to learn as they exercise their ministry, said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, in his final address as president of the U.S. bishops’ conference. “No words …