Feb 25, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun February 25, 2016
By Katherine Long | Editor Singing “O Blessed be God! Who calls you by name!” candidates from parishes throughout the diocese, joined by family, friends, sponsors, pastors and RCIA leaders, celebrated the Rite of Recognition and the Call to Continuing...
Feb 25, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun February 25, 2016
By Brian Schultz | Contributing writer Retirement used to conjure up images of lazy days spent in a rocking chair. Today’s retirement is very different. You might plan to open a business of your own. Or perhaps you’ll return to school for that degree you...
Feb 25, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun February 25, 2016
By Katherine Long | Editor When Father John Rose facilitates contemplative aging retreats at Christ the King Retreat House in Syracuse, he doesn’t lecture participants from the front of the room. “We all sit in a circle, because that’s where the...
Feb 25, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun February 25, 2016
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy and said the fifth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” applies not only to the innocent but to the guilty...