Diocese
Pizza champion lets her faith lead
Holy Cross College sophomore Carmela Maria Faustina Cataldo is named for her Italian grandmother, her father’s mother. And for St. Faustina Kowalska, the nun who shared the image and message […]
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Bishop
St. Thomas students encouraged to be ‘children of the light’
Catholic students in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend have returned to their classrooms for the 2021-22 school year, and through Mass at the University of Saint Francis and a […]
Perspective
Connecting communities in Christ
Responding to editors’ requests for a regular sampling of current commentary here is a column provided to Catholic News Service. By Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer Ever since Jesus told His […]
Perspective
The hidden power of play: how to be young at heart
Every fall the push to do more intensifies. Sharpen your pencil and dig in. Produce more, study more, socialize more, exercise more, volunteer more. The calendar becomes the battlefield, its […]
A more human society
Trapped in the self
Recently I’ve seen television footage of two protests against vaccine and mask mandates. In my home state of Washington, a protester held up a large sign saying, “My Body My […]
Diocese
Around the Diocese: September 5, 2021
Stanley joins St. Joseph Community Health Foundation FORT WAYNE — The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation has hired Angela Stanley as its Vulnerable Populations Program Officer. Her work will include […]
Obituaries
Rest in Peace: September 5, 2021
Fort Wayne Nancy L. Dustman, 65, St. Vincent de Paul Wayne A. Herrberg, 76, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Kristina Kinniry-Datta, 54, St. Vincent de Paul David A. Lee, 52, St. Elizabeth […]
Diocese
Holy Cross Brothers to celebrate jubilees
NOTRE DAME — Several Holy Cross Brothers are observing jubilees this year and will celebrate the occasion Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre […]
The Sunday Gospel
Sin is our burden, but God’s forgiveness heals
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 7:31-37 The first reading for this weekend, from the Book of Isaiah, speaks of the blind, the deaf and the lame. Today’s culture is […]
National
U.S. bishops’ Labor Day statement calls for economy that works for all
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The “present ills of our economy” invite Catholics to reflect on ways to propose new and creative responses to vital human needs in a post-pandemic world, said […]
National
Media literacy helps ‘contain the fire hose’ of media bombardment
WASHINGTON (CNS) — How many hours are you interacting with media each day? It may be more than you think. It’s one thing to surf the internet. It’s another to […]
National
News Briefs: September 5, 2021
El Salvador sets date for four beatifications in January WASHINGTON (CNS) — El Salvador has set a Jan. 22 date for the beatifications of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Father […]