Church must seek new paths in Amazon, synod secretaries say
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will help the Catholic Church make its presence felt and voice heard in a region that is dangerously approaching "a point of no return," said the special secretaries of the synod. …
Being Pro-Life: Getting a Second Chance at Life: Abortion Pill Reversal
Sarah was pregnant with her fourth child at age 26. A single mom with no support from the father, she reluctantly scheduled an appointment for an abortion. She was given two pills. She took the first pill while in tears, and was advised to take the second one 24 hours …
Response to 9/11 was ‘rescue, rebuild and renew,’ says Cardinal Dolan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Brendan Mcdermid, Reuters By NEW YORK (CNS) — In preparing to mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said part of his message came from the pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Lower Manhattan. The church became a staging ground …
Africa trip planted new seeds of hope, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Having gone to Africa as a pilgrim of peace and hope, Pope Francis said he hoped the seeds planted there by his visit would bear abundant fruit for everyone. Following in the footsteps of evangelizing saints before him, …
‘Just the facts,’ pope tells reporters, commenting on news media
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MADAGASCAR (CNS) — No one really knows what the future of the news media will be, but it will have no future if reporters and the public cannot distinguish between facts and fiction, Pope Francis said. Honoring a …
Ideological fixation, not ‘loyal criticism,’ feeds possibility of schism, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MADAGASCAR (CNS) — Pope Francis told reporters he hoped and prayed the Catholic Church would not experience a new schism, but human freedom means people always have had and will have the "schism option." "I pray that there …
Memories of 9/11 attacks linger for former fire department chaplain
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Allyson Escobar BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly. At the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Msgr. Delendick had just …
Florida senators ask Trump to waive visa requirements for some Bahamians
IMAGE: CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, two Florida Republican senators have asked President Donald Trump to waive or suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamian citizens with relatives residing in the U.S. Hurricane Dorian stalled over the northern Bahamas Sept. …
Vatican calls for electoral reform, negotiations to resume in Nicaragua
IMAGE: CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters By GENEVA (CNS) — With increasing concerns worldwide about human rights violations in Nicaragua, a Vatican representative has called for an immediate return to negotiations and a rollout of reforms necessary to hold "free and transparent elections" there. "The Holy See has been following with …
Seize the Moment: Going for It in Prayer, Like a Prophet Would
I work with some amazing people. I’m talking one-of-a-kind people. Passionate. On-fire-for-the-Lord people. Honest-to-God disciples on mission. It’s rare, awesome and a complete honor. But it has also been very humbling and convicting, and it has made me realize that I have a lot of learning and growing to do. …
