The beauty of Grand Teton National Park is ‘it belongs to the people’
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec MOOSE, Wyo. (CNS) — Shirley Craighead knows a thing or two about grizzly bears. She and the bears live in the same place. “I live here and love it!” Craighead emphatically told Catholic News Service in her home in Moose, just shy of the …
Ecumenical papal trip: Touching the Christian heart of secular Sweden
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ recent insistence on “walking ecumenism,” the notion that Christians will draw closer to each other as they work together to help the poor, should resonate well with Lutherans and Catholics in Sweden. “Swedes are known to be people of …
A picture says a thousand words: St. Teresa Springfield Students.
In 1976 St. Teresa, Springfield, Junior High School Students held a mock election for the Presidential Election. CBS News sent a crew and covered the story. On November 2, 1976 Governor Jimmy Carter (D) of Georgia received 50.1% of the votes in the United States, defeating incumbent President Gerald R. Ford …
War and rumors of war, even for our grandchildren
Two of my grandchildren saw war – real war — for the first time in August. They saw the picture of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh, sitting dazed and bloody in the back of an ambulance in Aleppo, Syria. It was published on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. His …
Tennessee Catholic parish gets energy from nearby national park
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Chaz Muth GATLINBURG, Tenn. (CNS) — When Huntsville, Alabama, resident Patrick Eads prepared to take his family on a trip to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park last August, he made sure to pack necessary vacation items, which included the address to the nearest Catholic …
In Turkey, Iraqi Christians waiting for resettlement live in limbo
IMAGE: CNS/Oscar Durand By Oscar Durand ISTANBUL (CNS) — Yako Hanna, 36, always keeps an eye on his phone waiting for a call that would change his life. “Anytime it rings, you think it is the U.N., so you have to be careful. Even if you go to the bathroom, …
Leaked emails show ‘hostility’ to Catholic Church, some say
IMAGE: NS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Emails released by WikiLeaks and allegedly hacked from the server of a top aide to Hillary Clinton have ignited a fierce exchange over the tone and content of the messages. Those weighing in include the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference …
True Christian charity is more than just making donations, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jon Nazca, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While donation campaigns and charitable contributions for the needy are important, true Christian charity involves a more personal touch, Pope Francis said. Coming face to face with the poor may pose a challenge and tempt people to …
Mass in Yellowstone ‘an experience of God unlike any other,’ says Jesuit
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (CNS) — Jesuit Father Rick Malloy very much enjoys summers in Yellowstone National Park. “I’m a fanatical fisherman,” he admitted. “And a good one, too.” But exceptional fishing is not the main thing that brings him to Wyoming summer after …
Even in midst of trials, Jesus never deserts his faithful, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Following Christ may take a person down a path that leads to anguish, isolation, even martyrdom, but a Christian will never feel bitterness or regret because Christ never leaves his or her side, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. In his homily …