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U.S. bishops approve statement that calls pornography ‘mortal sin’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops approved a statement on pornography on the second day of their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore. “Producing or using pornography is a mortal sin that needs to be confessed in order for the person to …
Bishops, in draft statement, call pornography ‘mortal sin’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — A draft statement on pornography to be considered for approval by the U.S. bishops at their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore calls pornography “mortal sin” and urges Catholics to turn away from it. “Producing or using pornography is …
Throwback Thursday: Youth and the Body of Christ
Staff Report In 1969 the church document Fidei Custos set down the conditions under which a lay person who was also not an acolyte could assist in the distribution of the Eucharist as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. In 1972, the first U.S. teenagers ever granted that extraordinary permission were members …
Bishop Murry installs 16 as acolytes at seminary
Staff Report Sixteen men took a formal step on their journey to ordination Nov. 4 when Bishop of Youngstown George V. Murry, SJ, installed them as acolytes. Bishop Murry presided at the Mass and installation in the Chapel of Saint Gregory the Great at the Athenaeum of Ohio. The bishop handed …
A family that doesn’t eat together is ‘hardly a family,’ pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A family that chooses to watch TV or play with their smartphones rather than talk at the dinner table is “hardly a family,” Pope Francis said. “When children at the dinner table are glued to …
Choirs, tailors, builders make preparations for papal visit to Kenya
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Mike O’Maera NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Kenyans are working on final preparations for Pope Francis’ Nov. 25-27 visit, his first stop on a three-nation visit to the continent. Construction of the stage for the papal Mass is almost complete. For his Nov. 26 open-air Mass at the …
Catholic-Lutheran document sums up agreements, maps steps to full unity
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Nancy Frazier O’Brien BALTIMORE (CNS) — A new 120-page document marks the progress in Catholic-Lutheran relations over the past 50 years and maps the remaining steps needed to achieve full unity. The “Declaration on the Way” was prepared by a joint task force of the …
Little doesn’t only mean small; it can also mean servant
Do you know any little people? I am not talking about short people. I am talking about people who have a servant mentality. Little is a spiritual term for those who live out the gospel challenge to lay down our life for another. What I am noticing is that there …
Q&A: Priests find peace and joy through their vocations
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph To be Catholic priest is a calling fraught with challenges, but it is also one that, through the grace of God, many find peace and joy. Nov. 1-7 is National Vocation Awareness Week. The Catholic Telegraph spoke with Fathers Leonard Kostka, Todd Grogan and …
What 50 years of talks between Catholics and Lutherans looks like
By Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN News Catholic and Lutheran bishops have signed a declaration that they hope solidifies areas of “consensus” on matters of faith while providing a path forward for more dialogue. “Pope Francis in his recent visit to the United States emphasized again and again the need for and …