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U.S. bishops ask pope about Amazon synod, discuss range of issues
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Talking about debates, differences and discernment, Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that people focused on the possibility of ordaining some married men and women deacons for service in the Amazon will be disappointed in his apostolic exhortation. The …
In Amazon, without a priest, ‘there is a hole in the family’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Lise Alves SAO PAULO (CNS) — Catholics who work in the Amazon say members of small, isolated villages believe the church could be more present in their lives if it allowed the ordination of married men — a plan being considered on a limited basis …
KC priest Harkins remembered as a ‘good man and a good priest’
Kansas City, Mo., Jan 28, 2020 / 09:31 pm (CNA).- Catholics in Missouri and across the country remembered Fr. Evan Harkins Tuesday as a good priest, and urged prayer for the repose of his soul. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced the priest’s death on Jan. 28. Harkins “had …
‘Follow me:’ How John Paul II and Benedict XVI led a Catholic back to the faith
By Hannah Brockhaus Angelo Ciappelloni heard those words while he stood in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on April 8, 2005. With hundreds of thousands of people in the Eternal City, and millions more around the world, he was watching the Requiem Mass of Pope John Paul II. “‘Follow me’ – …
Parish Mission – presented by Karlo Broussard, an apologist and speaker for Catholic Answers
What: Parish Mission – presented by Karlo Broussard, an apologist and speaker for Catholic Answers When: Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.: The Eucharist: Symbol or Substantial Presence Where: St. Margaret of York Catholic Church, 9499 Columbia Rd, Loveland, 45140 Free and open to the public. Click here for …
Tabernacle retrieved intact from church destroyed by earthquake in Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico, Jan 16, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Precariously resting on the edge of an altar leaning forward from the impact of the earthquake that struck Puerto Rico, a tabernacle was retrieved intact from a church in Puerto Rico and brought to safety. In the early hours of …
Love of baking, culinary skills and prayer make religious brother a winner
IMAGE: CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The oven timer dings, alerting Capuchin Franciscan Brother Andrew Corriente the chocolate layer cake he is baking needs to be checked. A quick test with a toothpick tells him the cake needs about five more minutes in the …
Did you know? St. Monica St. George
St. Monica Is the mother of convert St. Augustine. She is the patron saint of alcoholics, conversion, wives and mothers. St. George Is the patron of farmers, soldiers, archers, equestrians, chivalry, skin diseases and shepherds. A triptych of the saint from the church fits exactly on the building’s only remaining undecorated …
Five Ways for Young Adults to Get Involved in Your Parish (and for Your Parish to Welcome Them)
By Wayne Topp For many young adults, parishes are an enigma. They experience them as young children, and some may have been involved in their high school youth group. Then they went off to college. Half of those involved teenagers stayed engaged in their faith, while others simply “took a …
Question of Faith: Indulgences? by Father Dave Endres
Question: I recently had the Church’s practice of indulgences explained to me. How does the Church have the authority to grant indulgences? And, since one of the requirements for an indulgence is detachment from sin, how can we know if our hearts are properly disposed to receive an indulgence? Many …
