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 …
When times are tough, rant at God, don’t run from trouble, pope says
IMAGE: NS photo/L’Osservatore Romano handout via EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Don’t respond to grief or anguish with pills, alcohol or avoidance, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. Figure out what is going on inside your heart, then turn to God and beg him for help, …
Sister Maria’s work will carry on in Hispanic Ministry
By Mary Bertolini When St. Mary Church in Dayton opened in 1860, the parishioners were mostly German and Sisters of Notre Dame staffed its school for 23 years. The city grew, prospered, faltered, and bounced back, and today Dayton is home to diverse cultures, including immigrants from Russia, India, Turkey, …
Benedictine archabbot was at golf legend’s bedside when he died
IMAGE: CNS photo/Hans Deryk, Reuters By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Benedictine Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, was with Arnold Palmer when the golfing great died Sept. 25 in Pittsburgh. It wasn’t the first time Archabbot Nowicki had visited Palmer that day. Palmer, 87, …
Charlotte parishioners gather for prayer service, mourn protester’s death
IMAGE: CNS photo/Patricia L. Guilfoyle, Catholic Herald By Patricia L. Guilfoyle CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — Justin Carr’s future looked bright. He had just celebrated his 26th birthday, started a new job, and was getting ready to settle down with his high school sweetheart and start a family. But all that …
Three Mexican priests murdered within days; motives unknown
IMAGE: CNS photo/Diario Marcha, Handout via EPA By David Agren MEXICO CITY (CNS) — A priest abducted from his parish residence in the Mexican state of Michoacan has been found dead, the Archdiocese of Morelia confirmed Sept. 25. He was the third priest murdered in Mexico within days. State prosecutors …
Three Badin High School seniors named National Merit ‘Commended Students’
Three Badin High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Seniors Kaitlyn Dick, Aaron Helson and Alexandra Hensley scored in the top five percent of the more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2017 scholarship competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National …
Too much order in the Supreme Court? No thrills in upcoming docket
IMAGE: CNS/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The expression “in like a lion out like a lamb” turns on its head when comparing the end of the Supreme Court’s last term to the start of its new one Oct. 3. The end of the court’s last term …