Buddhists, Christians must reclaim values that lead to peace, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Christians and Buddhists are called by faith to overcome evil with goodness and violence with peace, Pope Francis said during a meeting with leaders of Myanmar’s Buddhist community. Quoting St. Francis of Assisi and Buddha, the pope insisted that in …
Question of Faith: Do we still believe in “limbo”?
Question of Faith Q: Back in the day, we were taught there was a “limbo” where infants went if they died before baptism. Does the church still teach that? A: As you mentioned, limbo, from the Latin word for “border,” was a theological hypothesis to explain the fate of unbaptized …
Jesus maps the path to peace, reconciliation, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Jesus’ love “is like a spiritual GPS” that guides people past the everyday obstacles of fear and pride and allows them to find their way to a relationship with God and with their neighbors, Pope Francis said. Christ’s message of …
Strong net neutrality protections called critical to faith community
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Communications has urged the Trump administration to keep current net neutrality rules in place because an open internet, he said, is critical to the nation’s faith communities and how they interact with their members. “Without open internet principles …
U.S., Mexico Catholic bishops meet to renew their ‘Alta-Baja’ friendship
IMAGE: CNS photo/Aida Bustos, Diocese of San Diego By Aida Bustos SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Three archbishops and nine bishops representing at least 13 million Catholics from Sacramento to the Mexican coastal city of Ensenada have resurrected their “Alta-Baja” friendship, paving the way to potentially working together in the future. …
St. John Paul II Peace Prayer
O God, Creator of the universe, who extends your paternal concern over every creature and guides the events of history to the goal of salvation, we acknowledge your fatherly love when you break the resistance of mankind and, in a world torn by strife and discord, you make us ready …
Respect the rights of all groups, pope tells Myanmar’s leaders
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (CNS) — The plight of the ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state was front and center in speeches by Pope Francis and Aung San Suu Kyi, but neither publicly used the word Rohingya. After private meetings Nov. 28 with Myanmarese President …
Uniformity is greater threat to culture than differences are, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — In a small, informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders, Pope Francis went to the heart of his message for Myanmar: unity, not uniformity, is the secret to peace. Representatives of the Baptist, Anglican, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and …
Giving Tuesday 2017
In the same way Black Friday and CyberMonday kick off the holiday buying season, #GivingTuesday highlights the true meaning of the season. Advent is approaching. As we prepare our hearts and minds to receive God’s gift through the birth of Jesus on Christmas, we look for ways to share God’s …
Mass for Our Lady of Kibeho
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Kibeho, but the Winton Wyoming Pastoral Region celebrated the feast before Thanksgiving: The two-hour Mass for Our Lady of Kibeho at St. Matthias the Aspotle Parish Nov. 18 took place in “Kairos time,” said Father Lambert Ulinzwenimana. The Greek term means, …
