Pope urges dialogue to end Georgian-Russian territorial stalemate
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden TBILISI, Georgia (CNS) — Subtly acknowledging Georgia’s ongoing territorial dispute with Russia, Pope Francis urged greater efforts to sow peace throughout the Caucasus region. Shortly after arriving in Tbilisi at the start of his 16th foreign trip, the pope met privately with Georgian President …
Logic of weapons, self-interest wreak havoc on Mideast, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he will never give up calling for stronger efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and for people to stop being indifferent to the fate of the region’s people. “My daily prayer to …
Father Robert “Doc” Rademacher
Father Rademacher, 94, is survived by sisters Barbara Reif and Mary Peterson, nieces, nephews, fellow missioners and friends. Glenmary missionary priest and a native of St. Paul, Minn., died Sunday, Sept. 25. Reception of the body will take place Monday, Oct. 3, at 4:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the …
Throwback Thursday: the death of Pope John Paul I
From The Catholic Telegraph October 6, 1978 edition Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, calling him a person of “extraordinary pastoral sensitivity.” Meeting with newspaper radio and television reporters Friday Morning (Sept 29) a few hours after the news …
Memorial for unborn in Toledo seen as answer to prayers to end abortion
IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie Breidenbach By Katie Breidenbach TOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) — The moment Ann Barrick stepped from the sidewalk onto the crumbling parking lot, her eyes filled with tears. “You pray about these things, and you never think you’re going to see it happen.” For nine years, Barrick stood on …
Fans remember Miami Marlins pitcher with parade, prayers at Cuban shrine
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — South Florida’s Cuban-American Catholic community and other Miami Marlins baseball fans planned to honor Jose Fernandez with prayers at the Cuban shrine and a public parade Sept. 28, a day before his private funeral. Fernandez, …
Shimon Peres, known for efforts to achieve peace, dies at 93
IMAGE: CNS photo/Abir Sultan, EP By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — One of the last ceremonies in which former Israeli President Shimon Peres participated as a public figure took place in the Vatican Gardens in June 2014, the last month of his presidency. Along with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, he …
Pope pleas on behalf of civilians in Aleppo as bombing intensifies
IMAGE: CNS photo/Abdalrhman Ismail, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As a brief cease-fire agreement failed and Syrian government forces returned to bombing Aleppo and fighting rebels in the city streets, Pope Francis made a forceful appeal for assistance for the thousands of innocent civilians trapped in the …
St. James White Oak uses Pokemon Go to reach out
In the middle of summer 2016, an augmented-reality game called Pokemon Go captured the world’s attention. For the game, players must go outdoors to real-world locations—sometimes churches—and walk around, searching for Pokemon to capture. Months later, the hype is down but the game remains one of the most-played and most-downloaded …
At all-school Mass, 12,000 pray for an ‘outpouring of the Holy Spirit’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit By Jessica Trygstad ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — An estimated 12,000 students, teachers and staff of Catholic schools filled a baseball park in downtown St. Paul Sept. 22 for the first all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of St. Paul …