Throwback Thursday: Pope John Paul II survives second assassination attempt
This history of the Church is sometimes marked by violent episodes. Such was the case 34 years ago today, May 12, 1982, when Pope St. John Paul II survived a second assassination attempt. The first attempt on Pope John Paul II’s life came a year earlier, May 13, 1981. The pontiff …
Cardinal Burke speaks at Sacred Heart Radio 15th anniversary event
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and former Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was the keynote speaker May 11 at the Sacred Heart Radio 15th Anniversary Banquet at the Sharonville Convention Center. His Eminence spoke for 40 minutes, reflecting on the Gospel …
Philippine priest says Duterte’s win is reminder ‘people want change’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alex Hofford, EPA By Simone Orendain MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s win in May 9 national elections was “a strong reminder that people want change,” said Father Anton Pascual, president of Radio Veritas, the country’s largest Catholic radio network. Father Pascual told Catholic News Service May …
God doesn’t barter, rewarding the good, punishing the bad, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Salvation has nothing to do with the tidy business of bartering — earning God’s love in return for good behavior, Pope Francis said. “If you do well you get a reward; if you do poorly you get punished. This is …
Religious in danger of adopting ‘first-world lifestyle,’ sister says
ROME — The leaders of the world’s communities of Catholic women religious were warned against accepting an “entitlement creep” that numbs them from confronting poverty and environmental destruction. At the opening session of a triennial assembly of the International Union of Superiors General in Rome, U.S. Sister Carol Zinn, a a member …
Priests seek to show God’s beauty through paschal candle artistry
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion By Sean Gallagher GREENFIELD, Ind. (CNS) — As Easter season ends, one reminder of it that will remain in churches throughout the rest of the liturgical year is the Easter candle, also known as the paschal candle. Throughout the liturgical year, Easter candles are …
Vatican funds job-creation project for refugees in Jordan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPA By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican is funding a job-creation program for Iraqi refugees in Jordan, a country that is hosting close to 1.5 million refugees, but is struggling to provide work for them. With $150,000 donated to the Vatican by visitors …
Evacuated Fort McMurray Catholics gather for Mass in Edmonton
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lorraine Turchansky, Archdiocese of Edmonton By Glen Argan and Lasha Morningstar EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) — While video and photos of the raging inferno that destroyed much of Fort McMurray were being flashed around the world, Jason and Katharine Campbell and their two sons were expressing gratitude for all …
Missionaries are the heroes of evangelization, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young women and men who are tired of today’s self-centered, materialistic society should consider becoming missionaries — the heroes of evangelization, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “Life is worth living” to the full, “but in order to live …
Quality of Catholic Cincinnati is gigantesco
“How Catholic Are We?” asks the April 2016 edition of Cincinnati Magazine. Over the next 20 well-designed pages is a package of well-written and well-researched stories and factoids that quantify the changes in church attendance and population in the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The numbers and sidebar stories support the …
