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Campaign stresses why civility is important as 2020 election approaches
IMAGE: CNS photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Rancor in politics, especially these days, may be the norm, but a nationwide effort is underway to remind people that civility in political discussions is a virtue. The Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development at the U.S. Conference …
Holy Spirit guides church efforts to evangelize, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy Spirit guides the Catholic Church’s mission, pointing the way to evangelize new lands and opening people’s hearts to be transformed by Christ, Pope Francis said. Pray to the Holy Spirit "for a heart that is open, sensitive …
Seminarian preaches with paint; artwork also ‘helps out’ his own prayer
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Anna Capizzi Galvez WASHINGTON (CNS) — For Deacon Elmer Herrera-Guzman, painting is an act of prayer. On his easel, a peacock bursts into color. It fans out its feathers in bold green and blue strokes. Deacon Herrera-Guzman points to a completed piece, a pelican with …
Everyday Heroes: Father, daughter make cross-country pilgrimage for life
IMAGE: CNS photo/Spirit Juice, Knights of Columbus By Andrew Butler For John Moore, each step is a prayer. And when you’re walking the 2,800 miles from San Francisco to Washington, that’s a lot of prayer. Last January, Moore completed a cross-country walk to pray for the unborn. Accompanied by his …
Like water, Christians becomes stagnant if not moving, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can become stagnant if they do not have the crashing waves of hope moving in their lives, Pope Francis said. "Hope is this living in tension, always; knowing that we cannot make a nest here: the life …
Ukrainian Catholic Church faces new struggles, archbishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Georgetown University By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Addressing an audience at Georgetown University Oct. 25, the leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States said the world news in Washington is as "Ukrainian as it ever has been." But although he made reference to the …
Vatican publishes updated schedule for papal trip to Thailand, Japan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mihoko Owada By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After spending most of October at the Vatican working with the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and dedicating the first two weeks of November to "ad limina" visits with bishops from the United States, Pope Francis will travel to Thailand …
Update: Bishops visit parishes in Texas helped by Catholic Home Missions
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Tyler Orsburn EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — With much national attention focused along the U.S.-Mexico border, members of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions visited three programs in the Diocese of El Paso that have been funded by the Catholic Home Mission Appeal. …
Caring for common home requires deep ecological conversion, synod says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Barbara J. Fraser VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The "unprecedented" environmental and social crisis in the Amazon calls for "a deep personal, social and structural conversion" that leads to new ways of caring for "our common home," according to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. In …
Christians must shun self-worship, pope says at synod’s final Mass
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Barbara J. Fraser VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Poor people from the Amazon have shown that God’s creation must be treated "not as a resource to be exploited but as a home to be preserved, with trust in God," Pope Francis said. He celebrated Mass Oct. …