Mobile medical unit from Vatican hits Rome’s peripheries to help poor
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A mobile medical unit donated by the Vatican tours Rome’s peripheries, offering free health care to those in need. A local volunteer association of doctors, health care professionals and medical students use the white and blue-striped RV-style vehicle, which carries …
Dedicated ‘retired’ teacher continues in Montessori education
Sister of Mercy Mary Aloyse Gerhardstein is certainly not slowing down at 87 years old – just changing course. Sister Aloyse, a lifelong Cincinnatian, has dedicated her life to educating and inspiring children locally and abroad. She helped Mercy Montessori establish the upper elementary program and Cincinnati’s first Montessori junior …
Communications ‘the ministry of my priesthood,’ says longtime editor
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Musacchio,Tennessee Register By Andy Telli NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) - Throughout his life, Msgr. Owen Campion has had a fascination with words. That fascination led him into the Catholic media as a reporter, writer and editor, a mentor to Catholic journalists, and as a liaison between the Vatican …
English cardinal welcomes Theresa May as new British prime minister
IMAGE: CNS photo/Will Oliver, EPA By LONDON (CNS) — An English cardinal said he was delighted by the appointment of Theresa May as Britain’s new prime minister because of the commitment she has shown in the fight against human trafficking. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of the Bishops’ Conference …
Syrian refugees, all Muslims, graduate from Caritas-run schools in Jordan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dale Gavlak By Dale Gavlak NAOUR, Jordan (CNS) — Exuberant Syrian refugee children sang, danced and played with colorful clowns as they celebrated graduation at their Caritas-sponsored school in this sleepy suburb of the Jordanian capital, Amman. Some 170 Muslim children, ages 5-17, proudly strode up on the …
Scottish bishops urge Britain not to renew Trident weapons system
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joey Kelly, EPA By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The British government must take “decisive and courageous steps” toward ridding the country of nuclear weapons, said the Catholic bishops of Scotland. All eight bishops issued a joint statement calling for nuclear disarmament ahead of a July 18 …
From Columbine to Dallas, this millennial is sick of the violence
Dallas. Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights. Click any of the above hyperlinks and Wikipedia will fill you in on the violence our nation experienced last week. This isn’t what I wanted to write about. I had much lighter fare in mind, but on the night of the Dallas shootings I found …
Three Masses of Thanksgiving planned to celebrate 2016 Catholic Ministries Appeal
The 2016 Catholic Ministries Appeal remains shy of its goal, but in the wake of the $160 million pledged to the One Faith, One Hope, One Love campaign, the response is still being seen as generous. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of Stewardship issued a press released Wednesday announcing three …
Crowds gather in churches, parks, plazas to remember Dallas officers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By David Sedeno DALLAS (CNS) — In the week since five Dallas area police officers were gunned down, thousands have gathered in churches, parks, plazas, parking lots and a symphony hall to remember the fallen officers, to cry for hope and pray for peace and …
Kansas seminarian believed drowned after saving life of kayaker on river
IMAGE: CNS photo/Catholic Advance By Christopher M. Riggs WICHITA, Kan. (CNS) — Brian Bergkamp, a seminarian from the Diocese of Wichita who was studying at a Maryland seminary, is believed dead after saving the life of a woman who fell into the Arkansas River July 9. By mid-day July 12, …