Diocese
Funds, volunteers sought for medical mission team
FORT WAYNE — “Charity for the poor is like a living flame; the drier the fuel, the brighter it burns. In your service to the poor do not give only […]
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National
Actor Gary Sinise describes his road to the Catholic Church
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Gary Sinise, the actor perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” followed a rather unusual path to becoming a Catholic. In […]
Diocese
Former Vatican guard to deliver Servus Omnium lecture at USF
It’s hard to believe that a young Andreas Widmer had no idea what to do with his life. But the former member of the papal Swiss Guard admitted that at […]
National
Great expectations: Vatican abuse summit has key, realistic goals
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All eyes and ears will be on the Vatican during an unprecedented gathering Feb. 21-24 to discuss the protection of minors in the Catholic Church. When […]
National
Report finds no evidence of racist statements from Covington students
WASHINGTON (CNS) — An independent investigation into the much-discussed encounter that went viral between Catholic high school students, a Native American tribal leader and members of another protest group on […]
Bishop
Weekly schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
Sunday, February 24: 10 a.m. — Rite of Election, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame Sunday, February 24: 7 p.m. — Mass, Holy Spirit Chapel, Le Mans Hall, Saint Mary’s College, […]
Diocese
Around the Diocese: February 24, 2019
Rebuilding refugees’ lives in Sri Lanka MISHAWAKA — Decades of civil war forced many to flee Sri Lanka. When the war ended in 2009, people returned to their villages and […]
National
In Panama, couple says series of ‘yeses’ led to vocation of marriage
By Kelly Sankowski PANAMA CITY (CNS) A young Catholic couple told World Youth Day pilgrims about the series of “yeses” that transformed their lives. “If you told me five years ago […]
National
New movie ‘Across’ tells story of Father Augustus Tolton
By Robert Alan Glover NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Father Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest ordained for a diocese in the United States, was born into slavery and endured myriad […]
Perspective
The ever-present totalitarian temptation
First circulated underground in communist Czechoslovakia in October 1978, Vaclav Havel’s brilliant dissection of totalitarianism, “The Power of the Powerless,” retains its salience four decades later. It should be required […]
Perspective
I know your vocation in life!
One of the privileges we have as seminarians is going to school visits with either high school or grade school students. It is always a lot of fun to answer […]
Perspective
In the winter of faith, keep working
As I write this, it is midwinter in the Northern Hemisphere. Like each season, winter has its time, its three months. To many of us, there seems to be a […]