Encore: Argentine martyrs’ road to beatification recalls period of military rule
IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren LA RIOJA, Argentina (CNS) — Bishop Enrique Angelelli Carletti traveled to a rural corner of his diocese in July 1973 to celebrate the feast of San Antonio. He was run out of town instead. A mob organized by wealthy landowners pelted him with …
Update: Sri Lankan attacks are the latest in series of Easter-related incidents
IMAGE: CNS photo/Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters By COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS) — At least 290 people were killed and more than 500 injured in Easter attacks on three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka. The bombings were the latest in a string of Easter season bombings by extremists. The others: …
N.Y. church, agency, union leaders on fact-finding trip to Central America
IMAGE: CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters By Christie L. Chicoine NEW YORK (CNS) — A delegation that includes the head of Catholic Charities of the New York Archdiocese, union leaders, state officials and representatives of humanitarian aid agencies are visiting the three Central American nations that now face a cutoff of …
Sri Lanka Easter church and hotel bombings kill at least 200
Colombo, Sri Lanka, Apr 21, 2019 / 01:45 am (CNA).- At least 200 people were killed in explosions Easter morning, detonated in churches other sites across Sri Lanka. Hundreds more are reportedly injured. At 8:45 a.m., explosions were detonated during Easter Mass at churches in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, …
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, pope says at Easter
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ’s resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing. "May the one …
At Easter the stones of sin, despair, are rolled away, pope says at vigil
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As individuals and as a church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the Lord is victorious and his love will triumph, Pope …
Today’s Video: The Role of Hope in Holy Week
There are many great ways to describe hope, but Fr. Mike defines it as “trust in another extended into the future.” He recalls two stories from the Gospels that exemplify what hope is not. When Peter denied Christ, and when the two travelers on the road to Emmaus abandoned their …
Easter Triduum Reflections 2019
March 6: Ash Wednesday Invitation to prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Guide me into and through this holy season of Lent. Reflection: As we celebrate Ash Wednesday and the beginning of our Lenten season, we hear the Lord’s invitation: “Return to me with your whole heart.” God is inviting us deeper …
On Good Friday, papal preacher says cross brings hope to the oppressed
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household. With Christ’s crucifixion, death and resurrection, "a total reversal of roles has taken …
‘Their Calvary was lengthy’: Pope’s Stations recall those exploited
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Recalling Jesus’ death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in the world. In the annual Way of the …