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Sports on Sundays OK, except when used to skip Mass, says Vatican
IMAGE: CNS photo/Father Nate Wills By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A new Vatican document cautions against the dangers of highly competitive children’s sports, political and economic pressures on athletes to win ‘”at all costs” and the unsportsmanlike or violent behavior of fans. The document on sports also calls …
Archdiocese’s joint reorganization plan provides $210 million to survivors
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit By Maria Wiering ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has reached a consensual plan with a committee representing clergy sexual abuse survivors to resolve its bankruptcy, offering $210 million for restitution to claimants. The settlement is the …
Immigrant kids at border present and accounted for — and number growing
By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a “zero tolerance” policy for immigrants crossing illegally into the United States, resulting in children being separated from their families, the number of minors in U.S. custody has grown by nearly 2,000. At the same time the federal …
Vatican team investigating abuse cover-ups to return to Chile
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To promote healing after reports of sexual abuse and cover-ups, Pope Francis will send Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Father Jordi Bertomeu Farnos back to Chile. Both will visit the Diocese of Osorno “with the aim of …
Pope names apostolic visitor to Medjugorje
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has named as apostolic visitor to Medjugorje the Polish archbishop he had initially sent to the town as his personal envoy to study the pastoral needs of the townspeople and of the thousands of pilgrims who …
Hawaii parishioners displaced by lava ask for prayers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Marco Garcia, Reuters By Anna Weaver HONOLULU (CNS) — Paul and Rose Utes, members of Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa, had to leave their home when lava from the Kilauea eruptions moved into their section of the Leilani Estates subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. At the …
Mass of support planned for Maryland town hit hard again by massive flood
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA By Paul McMullen BALTIMORE (CNS) — For the second time in three years, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore will celebrate a Mass at St. Paul Church in the historic town of Ellicott City, where residents are again taking stock after another devastating flash …
Priest: ‘Ninja’ show a way to proclaim Gospel using his God-given talents
IMAGE: CNS photo/Aprille Hanson, Arkansas Catholic By Aprille Hanson LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — An Arkansas Catholic priest is taking his ninja name “Father Flex” national as a contestant on the new season of the NBC reality show “American Ninja Warrior,” debuting May 30. Father Stephen Gadberry, pastor of St. …
Teaching on all-male priesthood is definitive, cardinal-designate says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — That only men can be validly ordained to the priesthood is a truth that is part of the Catholic faith and will not and cannot change, said Cardinal-designate Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. …
Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alex Fraser, Reuters By Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) — Voters in Ireland have opted to remove the right to life of the unborn from the country’s constitution, paving the way for abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. With votes counted from 30 of Ireland’s 40 constituencies, results …