Africa Trip Provides Opportunity for Building Relationships
By Eileen Connelly, OSU Why travel halfway around the world when there is plenty to worry about in our own backyard? Because experiencing the diversity of our Catholic faith and the mutual impact made through building relationships with our brothers and sisters in other cultures can be spiritually enriching and …
Pope meets Putin; two leaders talk about Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria, the Vatican said. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts. At the end of the …
Gudziak: Celebrate America’s blessings, pray for its ‘spiritual’ strength
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia reminded clergy, religious and the faithful what a blessing it is to be an American this Independence Day. In a July 3 statement, he thanked the Lord for allowing his ancestors …
Chicago woman’s healing is miracle in Cardinal Newman’s sainthood cause
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Chicago Catholic By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) — A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a "constant dialogue" and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was …
Sisters of the Precious Blood elect new leadership team
DAYTON, Ohio — The Sisters of the Precious Blood have completed their 2019 Assembly, electing a new leadership team and setting directives for the future of the Congregation. Sister Edna Hess was elected president and Sister Patty Kremer vice president. The new Councilors are Sisters Ann Clark, Marla Gipson and …
ChristLife event provides evangelization training, spiritual inspiration
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rus VanWestervelt, Catholic Review By Rus VanWestervelt ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (CNS) — Simon Wong’s 40-hour journey to the ChristLife National Training Conference began at his parish, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit — in Penang, Malaysia. "The 40 hours was a blessing," Wong said of multiple jet flights, spurred …
‘They put a gun to my head,’ says Honduran mother of six
IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren TENOSIQUE, Mexico (CNS) — Maribel — a Garifuna woman from Honduras and mother of six children, ages 6 months to 16 years — only wanted to work. She baked coconut bread and sold it the streets of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, until a …
Program works to heal Iraqi Christians suffering in mind, soul
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dalia Khamissy By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) — After enduring persecution, violence and uprooting, a group of Iraqi religious and laypeople are on the path to healing. "They are suffering, in their minds and in their souls," said Melkite Father Gabriel Hachem, part of a team from …
Vatican to open tombs looking for young woman missing since 1983
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican City State tribunal has ordered the opening of two tombs in a small Vatican cemetery at the request of the family of Emanuela Orlandi, a young woman who disappeared in 1983. Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican City resident and …
A prayer on Independence Day
Gracious and loving God, let your Spirit be with us today. Hear our prayers, and increase in us the will to follow your Son Jesus. Help us to draw on the resources of our faith as we use the opportunities of our democracy to shape a society more respectful of …
