Chilean bishops fear new measure would enforce breaking confession seal
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ivan Alvarado, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Chilean bishops said that while they support legislation requiring priests and religious authorities to report crimes, they also fear that an update to the country’s current law would force clergy to break the sacramental seal of confession. …
Word of God must be ‘beating heart’ of church, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Reading the Bible and praying with it is "the best vaccine" against Catholic communities closing in on themselves or focusing only on self-preservation, Pope Francis said. God wants "a church that does not speak from itself or about itself …
Filipinos reminded in Holy Week to reflect on Jesus’ humility
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Reading the Bible and praying with it is "the best vaccine" against Catholic communities closing in on themselves or focusing only on self-preservation, Pope Francis said. God wants "a church that does not speak from itself or about …
ADVISORY-SCHEDULE CHANGE April-25-2019
By NEW YORK (CNS) — In an April 12 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, the CEO of the Knights of Columbus said that "Christian towns in Iraq increasingly look neither Christian nor Iraqi — but Iranian." "The public identifies the threat against Christians in Iraq and Syria as emanating …
Benefit concert for Notre Dame Cathedral to end with Resurrection piece
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — An organist from Notre Dame Cathedral — performing an April 26 benefit concert in Washington for the reconstruction of the iconic Parisian church — will end his program, fittingly, with a piece about Christ’s resurrection. The concert at the Basilica …
Church needs joyful disciples, pope tells young people, deaf association
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In back-to-back audiences with a group of French young people and an Italian association for deaf people, Pope Francis cited personal example and witness as a vital piece in the church’s evangelization mission. Meeting with young people from …
St. Vincent de Paul Society celebrates 150th anniversary in Cincinnati
The St. Vincent de Paul Society celebrated its 150th anniversary on March 26. When the doors opened as they always do at 8 a.m., and society neighbors began to come in for assistance, the lobby of the Liz Carter Outreach Center was decorated with balloons, and they were asked to …
Busca al Señor por el Arzobispo Dennis M. Schnurr
La Arquidiócesis de Cincinnati ordena hombres al sacerdocio cada mayo. Este es también un mes popular para bodas. Esa es probablemente, una apropiada coincidencia. El Matrimonio y las Ordenes Sagradas (que incluyen el diaconado permanente) son sacramentos importantes que, según el Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, consagran a los destinatarios …
Join the Novena for Deacons
On April 27th, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will celebrate the ordination of 3 men to the transitional diaconate and 15 men to the permanent diaconate! This will be a day of great joy for the Catholic Church in our community! Join us in prayer as these men prepare for Ordination …
As refugee child, she knew no English; now as teen, she’s poetry champ
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Oregon Arts Commission By Katie Scott PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Belise Nishimwe remembers what it’s like to feel voiceless. Born in a refugee camp in Tanzania, she came to Portland at age 5 unable to speak or understand English. She couldn’t pass her first year of kindergarten. …