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Mercy, poor at center of Blessed Teresa’s canonization events
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Collopy By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The poor, the suffering and those who minister to them will be at the center of celebrations leading up to the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican. The main event — the canonization Mass — …
Forgive others and find peace, pope says during brief visit to Assisi
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — Celebrating how God’s mercy has been experienced for 800 years in a tiny stone church in Assisi, Pope Francis said people need to experience God’s forgiveness and start learning how to forgive others. “Too many people are caught up in resentment and harbor …
Tim Kaine, a Catholic VP? Bishops voice their concerns
After Senator Tim Kaine, a Catholic from Virginia, was named Hillary Clinton’s running mate last week, several bishops spoke out on the sanctity of life – implicitly criticizing the nominee’s pro-choice stance. Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Kaine’s home diocese of Richmond, Virginia released a statement regarding Catholics in public …
Pope issues rules to help contemplative women be beacons for world
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an effort to help contemplative women religious renew their life and mission in the church and the world, Pope Francis issued a series of new rulings dealing with formation, assets, prayer life, authority and autonomy. The new rulings include …
Vatican says no changes foreseen in direction priests face during Mass
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Colleen Dulle WASHINGTON (CNS) — Recent comments by a high-ranking Vatican official have sparked questions about the direction priests should face while celebrating Mass, but the Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis has made it clear no changes are foreseen. Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s …
‘Amoris Laetitia’ at three months: Communion question still debated
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Three months after the publication of Pope Francis’ exhortation on marriage and family, bishops and bishops’ conferences around the world are studying practical ways to apply it. Some still disagree on what exactly the pope meant. In the first week …
Father Wenke returning to full-time parish ministry
Father Len Wenke’s tenure as Director of Pastoral Services for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has been filled with grace and blessing. He completed his time in the position in June and became pastor of Holy Family and Our Lady of Lourdes parishes effective July 1. As director, Father Wenke oversaw …
Organizers: World Youth Day in Poland ‘will involve long walks’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Grzegorz Momot, EPA By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Young people attending World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, may have to walk up to nine miles to and from one of its key sites, event organizers said. “They’ll have to be ready for a long foot …
Relics of Sts. Thomas More, John Fisher draw crowds in Minnesota
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Bovin, Catholic Spirit By Maria Wiering ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Hundreds of Catholics crowded into the Cathedral of St. Paul to venerate the relics of two English saints who are known as icons of religious liberty because of the circumstances of their martyrdom. Relics of St. …
Retired Pope Benedict XVI says he ‘feels protected’ by Pope Francis
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano, handout By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his first public address in almost a year, retired Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sincere gratefulness to Pope Francis, saying that his goodness “from the first moment of your election, in every moment of my life …