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Fund helps displaced Bahamas students, teachers after Hurricane Dorian
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gabriella N. Baez, Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — Two months after Hurricane Dorian upended life in the northern Bahamas, a newly launched fund will support hundreds of Catholic school students displaced by the storm. The Archdiocese of Nassau recently launched the Each One Reach One initiative …
Immigration reform among priorities for new USCCB president
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Chaz Muth BALTIMORE (CNS) — It will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez that immigration reform is at the top of his priority list as the newly elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. …
Don’t join devil’s game of jealousy, pope says at Mass
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The devil is real and is so jealous of Jesus and the salvation Jesus offers that he tries everything he can to divide people and make them attack each other, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass in the chapel of …
Bishop Barron urges bishops to help bring people back to the church
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles did not just bemoan the fact many young people are leaving the Catholic Church. He said church leaders need to make it a priority to bring them back. The bishop, chairman of …
O’Malley: Vatican may ‘soon’ release details of McCarrick investigation
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — In a brief presentation Nov. 11 to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Boston’s Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley told the bishops gathered in Baltimore the Vatican may publish what it knows about the ascent to power of now-disgraced former U.S. …
In final presidential address, Cardinal DiNardo urges new beginning
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — In his final address as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston told his fellow bishops that it has been "an honor to serve you, even in the difficult times." The 70-year-old prelate …
Rural-urban convenings suggested to address plague of gun violence
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) — Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, said Catholic clergy and lay leaders can play a role in bringing together people along the rural-urban divide to build understanding of the need for sensible policies that can end the scourge of …
Ministry, mission, communion key points in nuncio’s talk to U.S. bishops
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) — The bishop’s ministry and mission, and how he forges communion, was the message in Archbishop Christophe Pierre’s address to the U.S. bishops Nov. 11 in Baltimore. The "ad limina" reports submitted to the Vatican in advance of U.S. bishops’ meetings …
Everyday Heroes: For Catholic vet, ‘doing right thing’ outweighed risks
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Knights of Columbus By Andrew Fowler Sgt. Gary Rose looked out and saw a wounded soldier 50 meters outside his company’s perimeter, stranded in the middle of North Vietnamese Army machine gun fire during a Vietnam War Special Forces mission in Laos. It was day two of …
Music, art are a gateway to discover God’s greatness, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Liturgical musicians have the unique calling to interpret God’s will and love through song and praise, Pope Francis said. "Every Christian, in fact, is an interpreter of the will of God in his or her own life, and …