[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Deacon Dennis Prestash brought his grandfather’s prayer book to Clergy Days, held May 30 to 31 at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Munhall, Pa. As it was held high to show the assembled priests and deacons, he pointed … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2017
As the partial travel ban nears, agencies worry about refugees in limbo
IMAGE: CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Agencies and organizations that help refugees start new lives in the U.S. worry about the fate that awaits migrants in transit as well as those who will not be … Continue reading
Convocation delegates urged to take Gospel to struggling people everywhere
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — Being Christian is more than accepting Jesus as savior, but requires the faithful to go to the peripheries of society where people are struggling materially and spiritually, Archbishop Jose … Continue reading
Pope: Hunger caused by 'indifference of many, selfishness of a few'
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alonso Cupul, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The international community must not remain resigned to the plight of those suffering hunger and malnutrition, which is often caused by indifference and selfishness, Pope Francis said. … Continue reading
Pope calls for respecting parents' wishes to care for dying child
IMAGE: CNS/family handout, courtesy Featureworld By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called for respecting the wishes of a terminally ill child’s parents to accompany and care for their child “until the end.” Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman, said … Continue reading
This is your moment to evangelize, convocation delegates told
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl urged participants at the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of The Gospel in America” to take a look at each other in the … Continue reading
Changing landscape requires mutual accompaniment, convocation hears
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church’s increasing diversity presents Catholics with the opportunity to accompany each other on the journey of faith Pope Francis envisions, a Boston College professor told delegates … Continue reading
Joy, a sign of God's presence, is what church needs, Cardinal Dolan says
By Carol Zimmermann ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — Catholic leaders attending the opening Mass of the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of The Gospel in America” were urged to reflect joy — a sign of God’s presence — and not … Continue reading
Pope names archbishop to succeed Cardinal Muller at doctrine office
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Promoting the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the office of prefect, Pope Francis chose not to ask German Cardinal Gerhard Muller to serve a second five-year term … Continue reading
