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Pope canonizes seven saints who ‘fought the good fight of faith’
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The seven new saints of the church were holy not because of their own efforts but because of “the Lord who triumphs in them and with them,” Pope Francis said. Each one “struggled to the very end with all …
New St. Mary Church dedicated in Springboro
By Patricia McGeever Catholics who attended St. Mary Parish in Franklin mourned a loss and celebrated a new beginning all within a few hours. The doors of their old church were locked and the building is for sale. Now, there is a new parish in a new community with a …
Walking the talk: Catholics, Anglicans work together as they seek unity
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If Christians are called to live their faith concretely, then they cannot leave out concrete signs of the unity to which Jesus calls them. And just because the formal Anglican-Roman Catholic theological dialogue has been forced to grapple with new church-dividing …
Pope: Church’s mission is to attract people to Christ, not proselytize
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to follow the example of St. Therese of Lisieux, who helped draw people to Jesus by way of attraction, not by proselytizing, Pope Francis said. She was a reminder that an authentic witness is proclaimed through …
At all-school Mass, 12,000 pray for an ‘outpouring of the Holy Spirit’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit By Jessica Trygstad ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — An estimated 12,000 students, teachers and staff of Catholic schools filled a baseball park in downtown St. Paul Sept. 22 for the first all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of St. Paul …
Bishop Jugis calls all to pray for peace, justice in Charlotte
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jason Miczek, Reuters By Patricia L. Guilfoyle CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — After two nights of violence in Charlotte, Bishop Peter J. Jugis called on men, women and children in the Diocese of Charlotte to join him in prayers for “peace and justice” for all victims of violence and …
Plans underway to mark 100th anniversary of Fatima
It was 100 years ago, in the village of Fatima, Portugal, when three children —Lucia Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marta, were visited six times by an angel — preparing them for an even more significant messenger — the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Fatima, who appeared to …
Pope, Christian leaders pray for peace, victims of war
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — Jesus’ cry of thirst on the cross is heard today in the cries of innocent victims of war in the world, Pope Francis said. Christians are called to contemplate Christ in “the voice of the suffering, the hidden cry …
What is the meaning of the memorial acclamation?
By Father David Endres Q: I am bothered by the Mass response, “We proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again.” To me it seems that we are attempting to lock Jesus back in the grave. I know there are some who say “God is dead,” but I never …
Pope praises bishops’ guidelines on helping divorced, remarried couples
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis thanked a group of bishops in Argentina for providing their priests with concrete guidelines for implementing the section of his apostolic exhortation on the family about circumstances in which divorced and civilly remarried couples might eventually be allowed to …