Immaculée Ilibagiza talk at Xavier part of Year of Mercy observance
Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of 1994 Rwandan Genocide, spoke Monday at the Schiff Family Conference Center at Xavier University’s Cintas Center as one of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s events marking the Year of Mercy. Ilibagiza’s talk was entitled, “Show Mercy, How to Forgive.” Ilibagiza speaks across the nation about how she …
Missionary spirit means giving witness, not proselytizing, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Missionary spirit is manifested by preaching love, humanity and faith through one’s witness and not through proselytism, Pope Francis said. Faith in Jesus Christ is shared first through “witness then with words,” the pope said Dec. 2 at his weekly …
Catholics on Guam recall highlights, excitement of pope’s visit in 1981
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Agana By Tony C. Diaz ALTAMONT, N.Y. (CNS) — Father Joseph Girzone, who became far more prominent in retirement than during active ministry because of his “Joshua” series of novels, died Nov. 29 at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn in in Altamont. He was 85. A …
Every Saturday, the Mercy Bus brings lapsed Catholics to confession
IMAGE: CNS photo/Simon Caldwell By Simon Caldwell BURNLEY, England (CNS) — A diocese in England is using a double-decker bus as a venue for priests to hear the confessions of people who have stopped going to church. The Mercy Bus is touring the Diocese of Salford during Lent in an …
Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church consoled by pope’s words
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said he was consoled by Pope Francis’ words of understanding and tenderness after he expressed the disappointment of Ukrainians with a joint declaration signed by the pope and the Russian Orthodox patriarch. The pope’s …
Climate deal must be transformative, papal envoy tells leaders in Paris
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Heads of state discussing carbon emission limits must create a global and “transformative” agreement built on justice, solidarity and fairness, a papal representative told the U.N. climate conference in Paris. Pope Francis has said “it would be tragic” if special interests “manipulated information” …
Father Endres named dean of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
A post to the institution’s website on Monday announced that Father David Endres will succeed Father Earl Fernandes as dean of the Athenaeum of Ohio and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. “I am happy to announce that I am appointing Father David Endres as dean of the Athenaeum of Ohio and Mount …
Pope: Being Christian is doing God’s will, not just talking the talk
IMAGE: CNS photo/Angelo Carconi, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For a Christian, talk is cheap; the faith requires concretely doing God’s will and serving the least as well as those around you, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “God is concrete” and so is the Christian …
Diocese of Toledo closes Catholic Chronicle as part of budget cuts
Update: The Toledo Diocese will cease publishing its newspaper, close its related website, end production of a weekly televised Mass and reduce spending at the diocesan pastoral center by 20 percent to plug a budget deficit. “We must be committed to cease our practice of deficit spending,” Bishop Daniel E. …
Bishop challenges Catholics to combat ‘ugly tide of anti-Islamic bigotry’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Denis Grasska, The Southern Cross By Denis Grasska SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy is challenging U.S. Catholics to take an active role in combating “the scourge of anti-Islamic prejudice.” “We are witnessing in the United States a new nativism, which the American Catholic …