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NASA flight director says faith, family have marked his life’s journey
IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald By Jo Ann Zuniga HOUSTON (CNS) — Gene Kranz, NASA flight director during the 1969 landing of the first man on the moon, spoke about faith and family to more than 1,000 attending the Galveston Houston Archdiocesan Prayer Breakfast July 30. In attendance …
NASA flight director says faith, family have marked his life’s journey
By Jo Ann Zuniga Catholic News Service HOUSTON (CNS) — Gene Kranz, NASA flight director during the 1969 landing of the first man on the moon, spoke about faith and family to more than 1,000 attending the Galveston Houston Archdiocesan Prayer Breakfast July 30. In attendance were four of his …
Catholic Charities helps immigrant children with increased fear, stress
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Oregon Catholic Charities By Katie Scott PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — The crushing, life-altering event can occur during the most mundane circumstances — as parents pay a traffic ticket or drop kids off at school. "It’s happening every day in Portland, in Eugene, everywhere in the state," said …
Gregory: Offensive speech, actions a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Catholic Standard WASHINGTON (CNS) — Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said recent public comments by President Donald Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated "have deepened divisions and diminished our national life." "We must all take responsibility to reject language …
Fire destroys ‘treasured’ historic Catholic church in Texas
By WESTPHALIA, Texas (CNS) — The Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, a nearly 125-year-old wooden church with bell towers on each side, burned to the ground July 29. The fire, which began in the morning, is still under investigation. Parishioners ran into the burning church to save what they …
Religious sisters at forefront of fight against human trafficking, slavery
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Beth Griffin UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — A worldwide network of 2,000 Catholic religious sisters marked the 10th anniversary of its efforts to combat human trafficking and slavery July 29. Speakers from the Talitha Kum organization headlined a United Nations panel on the eve of …
Update: Hearts ‘heavy with sadness’ over shooting at festival, bishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kate Munsch, Reuters By GILROY, Calif. (CNS) — Hundreds gathered late July 29 at St. Mary’s Church for a bilingual prayer service, invited by Gilroy’s Catholic community "to come together and pray for all those affected by the senseless tragedy." A day earlier, a gunman, later identified as …
African bishops want to be sign of hope in face of people’s ‘anguish’
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar By Bronwen Dachs Africa’s bishops pledged to work together to ensure that the continent’s resources serve development and peace of all people. "Confronted with the anguish of our people," the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar has …
Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy John Bradburne Memorial Society By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of a British missionary murdered after he refused to abandon his ministry to people with Hansen’s disease during the country’s civil war. The …
Pope calls for quick action to prevent further migrant deaths
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Days after rescue workers recovered the bodies of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged the international community to "act quickly" to prevent future tragedies. "I have learned with sorrow the news of the dramatic shipwreck that happened in …