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Eastern churches help Catholic Church be truly catholic, bishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In January, when Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, published a book supporting mandatory priestly celibacy — a book, which included an essay by retired Pope Benedict XVI — it was "painful," …
Vocations Calendar
Explore your Call An introductory Vocational Dinner and Discussion Wednesday, February 19, 2020: 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1924 Leo St., Dayton 45404 All 18-35 year old men and women who are mildly curious or seriously discerning consecrated life are invited tinyurl.com/eycdayton Retreats at St. Cecilia …
Why Abraham Lincoln held a White House fundraiser for this black Catholic parish
By Jonah McKeown Washington D.C., Feb 12, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Black Catholic communities have been a part of the Church in the Washington, DC area for centuries. But it wasn’t until the height of the Civil War that black Catholics in DC began the process of founding a …
Querida Amazonia: What Pope Francis said, and didn’t, on priesthood and marriage
Vatican City, Feb 12, 2020 / 04:15 am (CNA).- While Pope Francis was expected to focus in the apostolic exhortation published today on a proposal to ordain married priests in the Amazon region, the pope instead emphasized the importance of collaboration in apostolic ministry by Catholics in various states of …
Pope Francis’ Amazon exhortation calls for holiness, not married priests
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 12, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis published his response to the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod in an apostolic exhortation Wednesday. Despite widespread speculation following the synod, the pope does not call for married priests, but seeks to expand “horizons beyond conflicts.” Querida …
At Mass in Havana, Cardinal Dolan highlights church’s unifying teachings
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Rhina Guidos HAVANA (CNS) — Though there’s a great distance from New York to Cuba, sharing the Eucharist with other Catholics on the island is a great reminder of the bonds of faith and love and what the church can build even among people who …
U.S. bishops ask pope about Amazon synod, discuss range of issues
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Talking about debates, differences and discernment, Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that people focused on the possibility of ordaining some married men and women deacons for service in the Amazon will be disappointed in his apostolic exhortation. The …
In Amazon, without a priest, ‘there is a hole in the family’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Lise Alves SAO PAULO (CNS) — Catholics who work in the Amazon say members of small, isolated villages believe the church could be more present in their lives if it allowed the ordination of married men — a plan being considered on a limited basis …
KC priest Harkins remembered as a ‘good man and a good priest’
Kansas City, Mo., Jan 28, 2020 / 09:31 pm (CNA).- Catholics in Missouri and across the country remembered Fr. Evan Harkins Tuesday as a good priest, and urged prayer for the repose of his soul. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced the priest’s death on Jan. 28. Harkins “had …
‘Follow me:’ How John Paul II and Benedict XVI led a Catholic back to the faith
By Hannah Brockhaus Angelo Ciappelloni heard those words while he stood in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on April 8, 2005. With hundreds of thousands of people in the Eternal City, and millions more around the world, he was watching the Requiem Mass of Pope John Paul II. “‘Follow me’ – …
