Diocese
Spenser St. Louis ordained to diaconate
ROME — On Thursday, Sept. 27, 40 seminarians from the Pontifical North American College were ordained to the diaconate during a celebration of the Eucharist. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of […]
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World News
News Briefs: September 30, 2018
Detroit Archdiocese welcomes investigation into Michigan dioceses DETROIT (CNS) — Michigan’s attorney general has opened an investigation into the handling of sexual abuse by clergy in all of Michigan’s seven […]
World News
Maryknoll priest promotes clean water and organic farming in Guatemala
By Sean Sprague Maryknoll Father Edward Custer drives a dozen youth from San Juan Apostol parish in El Remate, Petén, Guatemala, in his pick-up truck and heads to nearby Lake […]
National
Continue to be an evangelizing Church, nuncio tells V Encuentro delegates
GRAPEVINE, Texas (CNS) — Quoting from Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel,” Archbishop Christophe Pierre encouraged Hispanic Catholic leaders and bishops to continue working toward being an […]
National
Church plans third-party abuse reporting system, code of conduct
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pledging to “heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us,” the U.S. bishops’ Administrative Committee on Sept. 19 outlined actions to address the […]
National
Lumen Christi Award finalists called examples of ‘how to change world’
CHICAGO (CNS) — Catholic Extension’s finalists for its Lumen Christi Award show “what can happen when we build up and strengthen Catholic faith communities in the poorest parts of the […]
National
Packers fan sees game with aid from hospice, diocese
ALLOUEZ, Wis. (CNS) — When David Marosek, who had been battling stage 4 rectal cancer since July 2016, got the news in April his cancer had returned and spread into […]
World News
News Briefs: September 23, 2018
Down to earth: Vatican brings together world’s meteorite curators CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Rocks, mineral debris and even dust from space are kept in special collections, museums and laboratories […]
National
Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence
RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) — The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14. And although the storm was […]
National
After meeting pope, cardinal says he’s hopeful about addressing crisis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston struck a determinedly hopeful tone after his long-awaited meeting with Pope Francis to discuss the growing sexual abuse crisis in […]
National
Catholic teaching, pastoral response shows hope for those hurt by suicide
By Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — On a November morning in 2008, Father Marc Capizzi had his rosary in hand when he left the rectory at St. Albert the Great […]
Vatican
Pope advises teachers that they need parents’ trust, appreciation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without respectfully collaborating with teachers and schools, parents will risk being on their own when it comes to educating their children and be at a greater […]