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 …
Sisters of Life hold up dignity of single moms in 25-year-old ministry
IMAGE: CNS photo/Greg Shemitz By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) — On a drizzly gray morning in early May, the bright kitchen at Visitation Mission on Manhattan’s East Side was filled with the sound of laughter and the inviting aromas of fresh-cut vegetables and baking cookies as postulants and novices …
Chaldean archbishop does not believe Christians will be gone from Iraq
IMAGE: CNS photo/Khalil Al Anei, EPA By Dale Gavlak HARISSA, Lebanon (CNS) — Despite predictions that Christianity could be wiped out of his war-torn homeland within five years, an Iraqi Catholic cleric said he believes in God’s ultimate preservation. “This prognosis may be of thinkers or politicians, but not of …
International participation high at Italian March for Life
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By ROME (CNS) — People from at least two dozen countries joined Italians May 8 for the sixth annual National March for Life in Rome. Carrying multicolored balloons, crucifixes or children, the estimated 30,000 people walked through the historic center of the city and joined Pope Francis …
Comboni Missionaries answer call to serve
Sponsored Content The Comboni Missionaries live to serve; to share the love of Jesus Christ through service to the poorest and most abandoned people throughout the world. The Comboni Missionaries were born from the heart of Saint Daniel Comboni. He was born in Italy in 1831. At an early age …
Health care is a right, not a privilege, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church is not a fancy medical clinic for the rich, but a “field hospital” that — often literally — provides the only medical care some people will ever receive, Pope Francis said. “Health is not a …
Swiss Guard recruits pledge to protect the pope with their lives
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With their left hands clutching a standard and their right hands raised with three fingers open symbolizing the Holy Trinity, 23 new Swiss Guard recruits pledged to “faithfully, loyally and honorably” serve and protect the pope and, if necessary, …
Archivist, volunteer earn certificates of appreciation
Sarah Patterson, archivist for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Chancery Archives, and volunteer coordinator Julie Ross received certificates of appreciation in April from the Hamilton County Genealogical Society (HCGS). The certificates were in response to the duo’s efforts in getting the archives genealogical research working again after a more than two-year hiatus. …
