Pro-life Democrats have message for party: ‘Bring us into your big tent’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Elizabeth Evans By Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — At a time when the official party platform advocates for removing current legislative restrictions on obtaining abortions, pro-life Democrats came to Philadelphia with a counter message: You can’t win big without us. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has called for …
Pope pays tribute to Holocaust victims in silence, prayer
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves OSWIECIM, Poland (CNS) — Sitting with head bowed and eyes closed, Pope Francis paid silent tribute to the victims of one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. The pope arrived July 29 at the Auschwitz-BirkenauNazi death camp in Oswiecim, an area …
God shows his greatness in humility, closeness, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (CNS) — God chose to manifest his power not by amazing feats of greatness but rather through small acts of humility, choosing to enter the world as a child born of a woman, Pope Francis said. The Lord’s “humble love” is …
Youthful face of mercy can change the world, pope tells young people
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves KRAKOW, Poland (CNS) — The youthful face of God’s mercy can change the hearts of people who have lost hope, Pope Francis said. A young person who is touched by Christ is “capable of truly great things,” the pope told thousands of young …
Young pilgrims say they hope to find joy as missionaries of mercy
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski KRAKOW, Poland (CNS) — Tara Gouldring never thought of herself as a missionary to others. But the 18-year-old from Birmingham, England, decided it’s not such a strange idea after hearing Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, during a morning catechetical session July …
WYD pilgrims try to grasp the grimness of death at Auschwitz camps
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski OSWIECIM, Poland (CNS) — Walking into the site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, Stephanie Dalton felt a chill up and down her spine. She called it the spirit of those who died at the hands of the Nazis more than …
Alter HS goes to principal-CEO model of leadership
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has approved a change in leadership at Archbishop Alter High School, a Catholic high school in Kettering operated by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Effective July 1, 2016, Alter Principal Lourdes Lambert will become the Head of School, assuming the title of “Principal-CEO” and Father James Manning …
Tim Kaine, a Catholic VP? Bishops voice their concerns
After Senator Tim Kaine, a Catholic from Virginia, was named Hillary Clinton’s running mate last week, several bishops spoke out on the sanctity of life – implicitly criticizing the nominee’s pro-choice stance. Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Kaine’s home diocese of Richmond, Virginia released a statement regarding Catholics in public …
Pope urges Poles to value their memories, but be open to change
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves KRAKOW, Poland (CNS) — Poland’s memory and identity are the two catalysts that will lead the country forward and turn hopeless situations — such as those facing migrants — into opportunities for future generations, Pope Francis said. Cloudy skies and a light drizzle …
Pope expresses shock over violence in French church
IMAGE: CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The murder of a priest in northern France, taken hostage with a handful of other faithful during a weekday morning Mass July 26, is another act of “absurd violence” added to too many stories of senseless violence and death, …