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People can sniff out greedy priests, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics will forgive their priests for almost any weakness, but not for an exaggerated attachment to money or for mistreating parishioners, Pope Francis told 160 priests who work in Vatican nunciatures around the world. “The people of God have a …
Bishop’s pastoral visit to inmates part of Year of Mercy outreach
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Sam Lucero REDGRANITE, Wis. (CNS) — Behind a makeshift altar standing in the shadows of a basketball hoop, Bishop David L. Ricken celebrated Mass in a gymnasium that could have been mistaken for any Catholic school gym in the Diocese of Green Bay. …
Becoming cardinal is call to share mercy, cardinal-designate says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Being created a cardinal in the Year of Mercy brings with it an obligation to continue to proclaim and share God’s mercy with others, said Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin. The current archbishop of Indianapolis, who will be installed as archbishop of …
Power struggle in Syria is ‘workshop of cruelty,’ pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bassam Khabieh, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Where there is no tenderness, there is cruelty and what is unfolding in Syria is a veritable “workshop of cruelty,” Pope Francis told governing members of Caritas Internationalis. “I believe the greatest illness of today is cardiac sclerosis,” …
Report commissioned by bishops finds diversity abounds in U.S. church
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — The Catholic Church is one of the most culturally diverse institutions in the United States and Catholic institutions and ministries need to adapt and prepare for growing diversity, said a report presented to the country’s bishops Nov. 15. The report, …
Bishops need shared approach to ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ new cardinal says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrell believes the U.S. bishops as a whole should have discussed pastoral guidelines for implementing Pope Francis’ exhortation on the family before individual bishops began issuing guidelines for their own dioceses. Implementing the pope’s exhortation, “Amoris …
Archbishop Gomez brings Latino voice to new leadership role
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said his election as vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 15 may have had more to do with his archdiocese than anything else. “I’m grateful to my brother bishops for …
U.S. bishops urged to bring wider attention to Christian persecution
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Jeffrey Bruno, EWTN By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) — Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour called on the bishops of the United States to bring wider attention to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East to their parishes and political leaders. Addressing the fall general assembly of …
Admonish sin without putting on airs or being hypocrite, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Offering counsel and admonishing sinners are works of mercy, but they are not a license to pretend to be better than others, Pope Francis said. To counsel others is a chance to see how well you, too, measure …
Texas cardinal, L.A. archbishop elected USCCB president, vice president
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was elected president of the U.S. bishops’ conference Nov. 15 for a three-year term to begin at the conclusion of the bishops’ annual fall general assembly in Baltimore. Cardinal DiNardo collected a majority of …