IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion By Sean Gallagher GREENFIELD, Ind. (CNS) — As Easter season ends, one reminder of it that will remain in churches throughout the rest of the liturgical year is the Easter candle, also known as … Continue reading
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Evacuated Fort McMurray Catholics gather for Mass in Edmonton
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lorraine Turchansky, Archdiocese of Edmonton By Glen Argan and Lasha Morningstar EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) — While video and photos of the raging inferno that destroyed much of Fort McMurray were being flashed around the world, Jason and Katharine … Continue reading
Missionaries are the heroes of evangelization, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young women and men who are tired of today’s self-centered, materialistic society should consider becoming missionaries — the heroes of evangelization, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “Life is worth living” to … Continue reading
Sisters of Life hold up dignity of single moms in 25-year-old ministry
IMAGE: CNS photo/Greg Shemitz By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) — On a drizzly gray morning in early May, the bright kitchen at Visitation Mission on Manhattan’s East Side was filled with the sound of laughter and the inviting aromas … Continue reading
Chaldean archbishop does not believe Christians will be gone from Iraq
IMAGE: CNS photo/Khalil Al Anei, EPA By Dale Gavlak HARISSA, Lebanon (CNS) — Despite predictions that Christianity could be wiped out of his war-torn homeland within five years, an Iraqi Catholic cleric said he believes in God’s ultimate preservation. “This … Continue reading
International participation high at Italian March for Life
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By ROME (CNS) — People from at least two dozen countries joined Italians May 8 for the sixth annual National March for Life in Rome. Carrying multicolored balloons, crucifixes or children, the estimated 30,000 people walked through … Continue reading
Health care is a right, not a privilege, pope says
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church is not a fancy medical clinic for the rich, but a “field hospital” that — often literally — provides the only medical care some people will ever receive, Pope Francis … Continue reading
A tisket, a tasket, abundant Pascha baskets!
On Holy Saturday morning March 26, members of the Byzantine Catholic Serra Club gathered at St. Gregory Church in Upper St. Clair to assemble wicker baskets full of Paschal foods for Easter dinner at the Seminary. Serra Club members prepared … Continue reading
Procession of glory
Processing outside around their church in a cold temperature during Great and Holy Friday services March 25, the pre-school children of St. John the Baptist Church in Lyndora, Pa. carried homemade icons. They were following their pastor, Father Leo Schlosser, … Continue reading
Having a (meat)ball in Clymer for a great cause
As part of their “Faith Community Outreach” the dedicated folks at St. Anne Church, Clymer Pa. recently made 165 dozen cooked meatballs. Demand was so great that they were promptly sold and all profit ($750) was designated to a special … Continue reading
