USC Bethany Ministry Welcomes Former Chaplain’s Presentation March 13 The Bethany Ministry of St. Gregory Church in Upper St. Clair, Pa. invites the public to join the St. Gregory parish family and pastor Father Valerian Michlik on Sunday, March 13 … Continue reading
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FROM THE MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2016
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” (Mt 9:13) The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee 1. Mary, the image of a Church which evangelizes because she is evangelized In the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee … Continue reading
Metropolitan William ordains three to diaconate
Archeparchy’s Newest Deacons to Serve Their Parishes in Pennsylvania, Texas Three pious men of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh were ordained to the Holy Diaconate in January by Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla in two separate ceremonies which took place 1,235 … Continue reading
REGULATIONS FOR THE SEASON OF THE GREAT FAST – 2016
The fasts of the liturgical year are to be kept in accordance with the Norms of Particular Law of the Byzantine Metropolitan Church sui iuris of Pittsburgh. Simple abstinence The law of simple abstinence forbids the use of meat, but … Continue reading
Pope, Russian Orthodox patriarch to meet in Cuba, Vatican announces
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sergei Chirikov, EPA By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After almost three decades of tense Catholic-Russian Orthodox relations, Pope Francis will meet Patriarch Kirill of Moscow Feb. 12 in Cuba on the pope’s way to Mexico. It … Continue reading
Sunday, February 7, 2016 (Vol. 61 no. 2)
Priestly formation: From ordaining priests to making apostles
IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Tomorrow’s priests and bishops must be good pastors and not just good scholars, said the secretary of seminaries at the Congregation for Clergy. “The vocation is meant … Continue reading
Relics of St. Padre Pio, St. Leopold arrive in Rome for jubilee
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Thousands of people waited hours outside a Rome church to glimpse the mortal remains of St. Padre Pio and St. Leopold Mandic, two Capuchins popular as miracle workers and … Continue reading
Makeup of mission dioceses reflects U.S. church's changing demographics
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Chaz Muth BOISE, Idaho (CNS) — In the 1980s, a wave of migrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries began to settle in Idaho. The agricultural industry made the state a prime location for … Continue reading
Priests say Mexican prisons have improved, but still have problems
IMAGE: Catholic News Service By David Agren CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — When Father Alberto Melendez began ministering at the prison in this once-violent border city nine years ago, rival gangs ran criminal operations from behind bars. Riots broke out … Continue reading
