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Synod members call for greater role of women, laity in ministry
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Synod participants offered several proposals to address the lack of priests in the Amazon region, including revising the formation program for candidates to the priesthood and instituting new ministries for lay men and women. According to a Vatican …
First synod talks look at climate, priests, inculturation, Vatican says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Climate change, water resources, inculturation and indigenous practices were among the topics discussed during the first afternoon session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. A few presentations also focused on the question of ordaining married "viri probati," …
Don’t fear what is new, Cardinal Hummes says, introducing synod topics
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Barbara J. Fraser VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With its mandate to seek "new pathways for the church and for an integral ecology," the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon follows Pope Francis’ call for the church to move forward without fear, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes …
Catholic in Recovery Traveling the Road to Healing and Salvation
By Rebecca Sontag For Us Men and Our Salvation Rock bottom” sometimes comes halfway up a towering mountain under a wide-open blue sky in Wyoming. That’s where Jill Bischoff was when she pulled her car over to the side of the road that late-Friday afternoon in 1996. She had heard …
Question of Faith: A Catholic Funeral for a Non-Catholic?
Q: Most of my family is Catholic, but my father is not. He is in declining health and has asked if it would be possible for his funeral to take place in a Catholic church. Is this permitted? A: The Church seeks to minister to families during times of illness …
El Paso’s Bishop Seitz asks migrants be treated as Jesus would be treated
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Rhina Guidos EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — At the start of a week focused on the plight of migrants, El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz asked Sept. 23 whether Christians are ready to encounter a Christ who exists in the migrants at the U.S. border, …
Colombian priest works for recovery from civil war in his homeland
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Father Sterlin Londono has been a priest for 21 years among his fellow Afro-Colombians in his home region of Choco in Colombia, which is rich in gold — but also rich in coca. Choco also is home to Father Londono’s …
Jenky: Real Presence not ‘opinion,’ but ‘foundational’ to Catholic faith
IMAGE: CNS photo/Daniel Sone By Tom Dermody PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) — Acknowledging evidence that "for several generations" the Catholic Church has not sufficiently taught its core truths, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky has called for all ministries of the Diocese of Peoria to be "intentionally centered" on the Real Presence in …
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. …
Church at Home: by Katie Sciba Verso l’Alto with Kids in Tow
There’s nothing on Earth like being in Sunday Mass. After sliding into the pew and getting settled with my family, I’m sure that, right there and then, I’m right where the Lord wants us to be. As a mom of five kids ranging from 2 to 9 years old, my …
