Today’s Video: How to Start Strong and Stay Strong
We’re beginning the second full week of Lent. We started new, a new adventure: even in the Archdiocese, the season of spring is changing our landscape. Yet, things can get bogged down, the hard work becomes task, and the excitement fades. In Today’s Video, Father Mike Schmitz looks at How …
Poll: Fewer U.S. Catholics see Christian persecution as an urgent issue
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dinuka Liyanawatte, Reuters By NEW YORK (CNS) — Over half of U.S. Catholics are "very concerned" about global Christian persecution, but this group accounts for 52% of Catholics today, compared to 58% in winter 2019 — a decline of more than 10%, according to a new poll. It …
Listen to God in order to follow him, Jesuit tells curia officials
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The purpose of the Lenten journey is to spiritually retrace the journey of Exodus — from the desert to the mountain of God, a Jesuit theologian told top Vatican officials. Jesuit Father Pietro Bovati, secretary of the Pontifical Biblical …
Annual CISE Campaign Reaches Historic Total
by Eileen Connelly, OSU When it’s an undeniably worthy cause that transforms the lives of urban children by providing them access to a strong Catholic education, people want to support it. That’s how Ted Torbeck, who cochaired the 2019 Catholic Inner-City Schools (CISE) campaign, along with his wife, Peggy, account …
Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
IMAGE: CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For the next World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis wants Catholics to focus on the pastoral care of people displaced within the borders of their own country and the church’s mission to serve them. The …
Person tests positive for coronavirus in Vatican City
IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican health clinic was closed temporarily after a person tested positive for the coronavirus, the Vatican announced. In a statement released March 6, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said services were halted "in order to sanitize the …
As the church becomes more diverse, Catholic vote becomes harder to define
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the last presidential election, some political pundits referred to the "Catholic vote," one that predicted Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency, and one that aligned in 2016 with the voting constituency that landed him the White House: …
Priest offers suffering from brain tumor for victims of clergy sex abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion By Sean Gallagher GREENCASTLE, Ind. (CNS) — Father John Hollowell cried as he sat in the confessional of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greencastle. It was the summer of 2018 — a time when the tragedy of clergy sexual abuse surfaced again through …
Bethlehem holy sites to be closed after COVID-19 reported at hotel
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mussa Qawasma, Reuters By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem urged its faithful to cooperate with the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health, following its order March 5 to close all schools, universities, mosques and churches, including the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd’s field. …
Chief Justice Roberts responds to Sen. Schumer’s remarks at court rally
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Young, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Chief Justice John Roberts, accustomed to writing in-depth opinions on court cases, penned a rare statement March 4 denouncing remarks made earlier that day by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, at a rally outside the Supreme Court. …