LCWR award recipient embraces ‘holy chaos’ of her ministry to migrants
IMAGE: CNS photo/Global Sisters Report, courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley By Soli Salgado and Dan Stockman SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CNS) — "Holy chaos" is how Sister Norma Pimentel describes her ministry. As the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley on the U.S.-Mexico border, …
Voracious goats keep Wisconsin cemetery looking beautiful the natural way
IMAGE: CNS photo/Brad Birkholz, for The Compass By Patricia Kasten APPLETON, Wis. (CNS) — Goats tend to get a bad rap in church traditions — with the devil often portrayed with goat horns and hoofs, and Jesus speaking of separating goats from sheep, as told in Matthew 25, verses 32 …
Christ’s love gives hope to forgotten ones, cardinal says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a world where many are often marginalized and discriminated against, the message of Jesus’ love must continue to be proclaimed, a Vatican official wrote on behalf of Pope Francis. In a message sent Aug. 16 to the …
Statement on Today’s Nine-count indictment against Fr. Geoff Drew
August 19, 2019; Cincinnati, Ohio Today, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati learned that a Hamilton County Grand Jury returned a nine-count indictment against Fr. Geoff Drew stemming from alleged crimes during his time at St. Jude Parish, where he served as music director 1984-1999. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati was made aware …
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr Message on Immigration
My Dear Friends in Christ, The Catholic Church globally, including this Archdiocese locally, has consistently and outspokenly urged all nations to protect the lives and dignities of migrants and to establish orderly immigration systems. For too long now, the crisis of migrants having to flee dire poverty and appalling violence …
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan Friars Conventual By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Leading five seminarians on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South America, Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Lasky saw a new awareness rising in the young men’s minds. It started by talking with visitors to the …
Vatican official: Church must be prudent judging Medjugorje apparitions
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sarah Mac Donald By Sarah Mac Donald KNOCK, Ireland (CNS) — Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the church must be prudent and not rush to any judgment on the alleged Marian apparitions there, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president …
Today’s Video: 5 Things the Church Can Learn from Crossfit
In Today’s Video, Father Mike points out five things the Church can learn from one of the latest fitness crazes, Crossfit: 1. In Crossfit gyms, you’re seen, you’re known, and you’re missed when you’re not there. How often does someone stop coming to church without us even noticing? 2. Crossfit …
‘You cannot be a Catholic and sit on the sidelines,’ archbishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Andrew Rozario, Catholic Standard By Josephine von Dohlen WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a crowded bar, bustling with young adult Catholics from the Washington area for the monthly Theology on Tap, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared his pain over what this archdiocese suffered in the past year due to …
In Colombia, bishops, religious listen to Amazonians before synod
IMAGE: CNS photo/Manuel Rueda By Manuel Rueda BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) — Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia’s capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican. The meeting gave bishops who will be …