Jan 7, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
No different from spiritual or physical fitness, financial fitness does not happen by accident. Now, with financial markets moving in nanoseconds rather than days, weeks and months, it is more important than ever to have a plan for pursuing financial fitness. While...
Jan 7, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
ENDICOTT — Father Charles Currie would often ask, “How’s your life?” He really wanted to know how people were doing. The beloved priest, father and grandfather died Dec. 23 following a procedure at Wilson Hospital in Johnson City at the age of 82. The funeral Mass was...
Jan 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
Danielle Cummings has been appointed chancellor of the Diocese of Syracuse, becoming the first woman and the first layperson to hold the position in the diocese’s 128-year history. Chancellor is the highest diocesan position open to women. Bishop Robert J. Cunningham...
Jan 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
Preparing for death is never an easy subject to broach. Whether death comes as a shock through sudden circumstances or expected after a long illness, most people don’t feel comfortable discussing final wishes or end-of-life preparations with family or friends. For...
Jan 7, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
Things may be looking up for the homeless in Syracuse. Andrew Lunetta, executive director of A Tiny Home for Good, Inc. in Syracuse, has launched a new project that offers a housing model for those facing chronic homelessness. “My six years of work with the homeless...
Jan 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
A dozen ways to live a better life this year Looking for a wise source to offer tips on living a better life spiritually and physically in 2015? Look no further than Pope Francis. Here are 12 of the popular pontiff’s views on how the faithful can make better choices...
Jan 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis condemned the killings of at least 12 people at the Paris offices of a satirical weekly newspaper Jan. 7 and denounced all “physical and moral” obstacles to the peaceful coexistence of nations, religions and...
Jan 8, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A panel of theologians advising the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes voted unanimously to recognize the late Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as a martyr, according to the newspaper of the Italian bishops’...
Jan 12, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 8, 2015
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS) — Arriving in Sri Lanka, a country recovering from two-and-a-half decades of ethnic and religious civil war, Pope Francis said reconciliation would require its people to explore their painful recent history and accept persistent...
