Apr 2, 2024 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Carol Glatz , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Governments must eliminate laws discriminating against women and help guarantee women’s human rights, Pope Francis said. “Let us respect women. Let us respect their dignity, their basic...
Mar 29, 2024 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just before some 1,500 priests, bishops and cardinals renewed their priestly promises, Pope Francis asked them to embrace “compunction,” which he said was “an aspect of the spiritual...
Mar 29, 2024 | Brief - photos
St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Blessed Sacrament Parish in Utica held their first St. Joseph’s Table after many years on March 17th following Mass. The tradition traces its origins to Sicily where a celebration of gratitude was offered to St. Joseph following a prolonged...
Mar 28, 2024 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As a statue of Jesus bearing his cross is carried through the streets of Sonsonate, El Salvador, on Good Friday, Pope Francis asked Catholics to respond to Jesus’ love with contemplation and a...
Mar 28, 2024 | Bishop Lucia
Editor’s note: This is Bishop’s Easter Homily. “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” (Mk 16:3) When I heard this question in the Easter gospel, it translated in my head to: “Who is going to be there for them now?” It is the...
Mar 28, 2024 | Last Week in the Sun, Local
By Emily E. Long |Contributing writer Photos by Mary Angela Fisher For Catholics, Lent is an opportunity to grow deeper in faith. Many parishes hold retreats, missions, and events to help lead their flocks through the Lenten season. For young adults, the Office of...
Mar 28, 2024 | Last Week in the Sun, Local
Oneida area students to be welcomed into the faith By Dc. Tom Cuskey Editor “Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’” (Matthew 19:14) At St. Patrick’s School in Oneida, principal Kristin...
Mar 28, 2024 | Brief - photos
Mrs. Duffy’s 6th grade social studies class at Immaculate Conception School in Fayetteville recently traveled around the world without leaving their classroom. Their International Day celebration included presentations each student did about the country they selected....
Mar 28, 2024 | Last Week in the Sun, Local
By James Mostrom Contributing writer This past St. Joseph’s Day, March 19, Joseph’s House for Women, a residential home and refuge in Syracuse for women with crisis pregnancies, celebrated the 10th anniversary of opening its doors to women and their children in need....
Mar 27, 2024 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is “so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection.” In a letter published March...
Mar 21, 2024 | Local, Uncategorized
By Mark Ranieri, contributing writer In our readings for Palm Sunday, we see that details matter to Jesus. Jesus is precise when arranging both his entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and preparations for the Last Supper on Holy Thursday. He attends to the...
