Mar 30, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican said comments attributed to Pope Francis denying the existence of hell are a product of an Italian journalist’s “reconstruction” of the pope’s remarks and not a...
Mar 30, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Celebrating the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle washed the feet of a priest who had been held captive for months and the parents of a slain Filipino migrant worker. At the Mass...
Mar 29, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, US & World
By Katherine Long | Editor It is no secret that we here at the Sun LOVE women religious. Whether they’re ministering in a parish or at a school or in a loving home for the dying or to “outcasts” or to the whole internet at large, we are constantly...
Mar 29, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Father Patrick Kelly | Catholic News Service Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt and Father Rob Hagan have been getting a lot of attention these days in the national media. They are the chaplains for the two Catholic teams, Loyola University Chicago and Villanova...
Mar 28, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While many people hope to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis and greet him, 12-year-old Peter Lombardi got something even better than he imagined. “Not only did Pope Francis kiss Peter, he asked...
Mar 27, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Caroline N. Agor-Calimlim | Immaculate Conception School FAYETTEVILLE — The fourth grade class of Janet Kirkgasser and Doreen Conrad re-enacted the Passion of Christ March 26. The play depicts the suffering and final hours of Jesus’ life, beginning...
Mar 27, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Judy Salamone | Christian Brothers Academy DEWITT — Christian Brothers Academy faculty member Vin Horan, along with students Lucy Person, Madison Doane, Grace O’Connor, Joe Akl, Chad Charette, and Hannah Aldridge spent winter break on a service...
Mar 27, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic leaders wrote to the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Homeland Security March 26 expressing concern for the low number of refugees to be resettled this year in the United States. President Donald...
Mar 26, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Catholic News Service SAGINAW, Mich. (CNS) — The news that law enforcement authorities served the Saginaw Diocese with a search warrant March 22 was “distressing and disheartening for the greater community and most especially our Catholic faithful,”...
Mar 26, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Although the March for Our Lives in Washington March 24 and its “sibling” marches in cities across the country were brought on by teenagers, participants were all ages — from toddlers in...
Mar 26, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis joined leaders praising a French police officer who “gave his life out of a desire to protect people” during a terrorist attack. Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, had convinced the...
Mar 26, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass with thousands of young people, Pope Francis urged them to continue singing and shouting “hosanna” in the world, proclaiming the lordship of Jesus and following his...
Mar 26, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the parish hall of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, elders handed markers to younger members of the parish as they filled in posters with the Gospel-based message from the Book of Isaiah that...
Mar 26, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Suzy Kitchen | Principal, St. James School JOHNSON CITY — Students from all three Catholic elementary schools in Broome County — St. James in Johnson City, St. John the Evangelist in Binghamton, and All Saints in Endicott — gathered to celebrate 120 Days...
Mar 26, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Kelly Czajkowski | Rome Catholic School ROME, N.Y. — March 23 was Step Into Seuss Day at Rome Catholic School. Teachers and staff members dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters and decorated their classroom doors. Numerous community members volunteered to...
Mar 26, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Kelly Sperling | Mohawk Valley Health System UTICA, NY — On Thursday, March 8, 2018, the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), along with members of the Women’s Giving Circle, celebrated the dedication of the newly opened Butterfly Room, located in the...
Mar 24, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a standing-room-only lecture hall at Trinity Washington University March 23, a presenter asked for a show of hands for how many planned to attend the March for Our Lives the next day in Washington. Most...
Mar 24, 2018 | Latest news, Sun March 29, 2018, US & World
Katherine Long | Editor Marking a decade of firing up men’s faith, the IGNITE Catholic Men’s Conference drew more than 800 men from across the diocese and beyond to Syracuse’s SRC Arena March 24 for a day of speakers, prayer, and fellowship. Bishop Robert J....
Mar 22, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Sondra Nassar | Notre Dame Elementary School Students and teachers at Notre Dame Elementary School in Utica sported their bright, unique, and mismatched socks on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day. The socks were an invitation to start a conversation to...
Mar 21, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Judy DeLorenzo | Holy Cross School As part of their Lenten Journey, the students in Kathy Laurenzo’s 4th grade class at Holy Cross School in DeWitt raised $185 to be donated to St. Jude’s Hospital. The students made beautiful cards for the...
