Update: Bishop Malone will not resign, calls recent case ‘convoluted’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) — Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo said the majority of priests and parishioners in the diocese supported him and he would not resign over his handling of a situation involving two priests’ relationship with a seminarian. "I’m here because I feel …
Update: Pope in Mozambique talks peace, politics and young people’s dreams
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MAPUTO, Mozambique (CNS) — With a courtesy and solemnity seldom seen at a gathering of opposing political leaders, Mozambican politicians came together a month before their general election to welcome Pope Francis and pledge to work for peace and the common good. The …
‘You have to have faith,’ Bahamian resident says of Dorian recovery
IMAGE: CNS photo/Adam Stanton, U.S. Coast Guard, via Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cathy Nottage, a resident of Elbow Cay — an 8-mile-long stretch in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas — has had to take a lot of things by faith in the days since Hurricane Dorian …
President, dancers, crowds welcome Pope Francis to Mozambique
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MAPUTO, Mozambique (CNS) — Greeted with full military honors, traditional dances and huge crowds lining the streets, Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique Sept. 4 at the start of a weeklong trip to Africa. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and two children offering flowers welcomed …
Pope tells French reporter he’s honored by attacks on his ministry
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO MOZAMBIQUE (CNS) — Pope Francis told a reporter that it is "an honor when Americans attack me." The pope made his comments to Nicolas Seneze, a reporter from La Croix, the French Catholic daily newspaper, during the flight …
To protect the Amazon, we must first listen to its people
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said recent public comments by President Donald Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated "have deepened divisions and diminished our national life." "We must all take responsibility to reject language that ridicules, condemns, or vilifies another …
Obituary: Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Eileen Therese Breslin
Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Eileen Therese Breslin died Aug. 23, 2019, at the age of 103 in Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility for the Sisters of Charity. Sister Eileen Therese was born Mary Breslin on June 4, 1916, to John Andrew and Martha (Gaebke) Breslin in Maysville, Kentucky. …
Honoring Caregivers: Helping Those in Need Feel Seen and Heard
Story & photo by Rebecca Sontag The victor will thus be dressed in white, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.” (Revelation 3:5) Caregiving is hard. It is heavy lifting …
For 30 years, Miami Catholic has watched over image of Cuba’s patroness
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto, The Florida Catholic By Rocio Granados MIAMI (CNS) — On Sept. 8, hundreds of Catholics from Cuba and other Latin American countries are expected to gather at the University of Miami to mark the annual feast of Our Lady of Charity, patroness of Cuba. But probably …
Climbers exist inside the church, too, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who race to get top positions often feel superior to others, an attitude that destroys the possibility for fellowship and communion, Pope Francis said. "We all know these people: climbers, always trying to climb up, up. They …