Nov 13, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will make a two-day apostolic visit to Morocco next year, the Vatican announced. Accepting an invitation by Moroccan King Mohammed VI, the pope will visit the cities of Rabat and...
Nov 13, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
With an acoustic guitar and a beautiful singing voice, Jackie Francois Angel brought a message of God’s love to students and families across the diocese last week. Francois Angel, a Catholic speaker, singer/songwriter, and worship leader from Orange County, Calif.,...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — The U.S. bishops, who gathered for a time of prayer at the start of their annual fall meeting in Baltimore, were urged by Catholic women church leaders Nov. 12 to be courageous and work with each other and...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Emily Rosenthal | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened a Day of Prayer at the Fall Bishops General Assembly Nov. 12, John McKeon was the first to walk a path along Aliceanna Street outside the Baltimore...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — Luis A. Torres Jr. stood before a group of U.S. bishops during one of the most publicly watched of their fall annual meetings Nov. 12 in Baltimore and in doing so revealed to the world the reality that he has...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — A Vatican-requested delay in adopting practices that are expected to boost accountability among U.S. bishops in their response to clergy sex abuse is a “bump in the road,” said the president of...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — At the start of the annual fall meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore, Archbishop Christophe Pierre encouraged the U.S. bishops to work hard together to restore trust and bring about church reform amid...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
Editor’s note: The Diocese of Buffalo released Nov. 5 a second list of priests with substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a minor. Father James Smyka, OFM Conv., appears on that list. The Diocese of Syracuse issued the following statement Nov. 12: Father James...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — With a solemn Mass, the mournful toll of bells, and patriotic songs and poems, more than 300 gathered at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington on Nov. 11 to mark the 100th anniversary...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Scientists worldwide must serve humanity and the health of the planet, which means they must also propose viable solutions to problems and persuade government leaders and policymakers to implement them,...
Nov 12, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — At the urging of the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will not vote on two proposals they were to discuss regarding their response to the clergy sex abuse crisis. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo...
Nov 9, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Break through every “wall” of gloom and resignation and help the world realize people need to take care of one another because they are all part of one human family, Pope Francis told Catholic...
Nov 9, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The decision to appoint Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick to lead the Archdiocese of Washington and eventually to make him a cardinal went forward at the insistence of St. John Paul II’s...
Nov 9, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Matthew Gambino | Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Acting on his promise to find new ways to support survivors of clerical sexual abuse, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announced Nov. 8 that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is creating a new reparations...
Nov 8, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Following the tragic shooting early this morning in Thousand Oaks, California, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for the...
Nov 7, 2018 | Briefs, Uncategorized
Submitted by Holy Family School Holy Family School kindergarteners worked in pairs on a STREAM — science, technology, religion, engineering, arts, and math — project this week, according to teacher Christine Isbell. “Their goal was to build a house for their...
Nov 7, 2018 | Briefs, Uncategorized
Submitted by Holy Family School Holy Family School in Fairmount now has its own “Little Free Library,” donated by a generous family for use by the school and parish. Stocked with a nice selection of books, including some for adults, the Little Free Library...
Nov 7, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service YAKIMA, Wash. (CNS) — Seminarian John Washington was looking for a summer cultural experience as he prepared to end his academic year at Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary and he found it in an agricultural field in central...
Nov 7, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Judith Sudilovsky | Catholic News Service JERUSALEM (CNS) — U.S. Christian leaders expressed “grave concern” about the Trump administration’s decision to stop financial assistance to six East Jerusalem hospitals. Israeli doctors from most of...
Nov 7, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Life is for loving, not amassing possessions, Pope Francis said. In fact, the true meaning and purpose of wealth is to use it to lovingly serve others and promote human dignity, he said Nov. 7 during his...
Nov 7, 2018 | Sun November 8, 2018, Uncategorized
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By Catholic News Service ST. LOUIS (CNS) — Palliative and hospice care “address the needs of the whole person, which is the foundation of Catholic health care,” said Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health...
Nov 7, 2018 | Sun November 8, 2018, Uncategorized
Submitted by | Mohawk Valley Health System UTICA — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Oct. 26 revealed the exterior design of its new, 373-bed, 672,000-square-foot hospital that will be the center of the integrated healthcare campus in downtown Utica. In...
Nov 6, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The National Review Board chairman called for changes to the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” to “make it a less ambiguous document” because despite nearly...
Nov 6, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world will not have peace without people having mutual trust and respecting each other’s word, the Vatican said as it announced Pope Francis’ 2019 World Peace Day message would focus on...
Nov 6, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A group of Catholic high school seniors lobbying on Capitol Hill Nov. 5 knows there is a lot at stake in the midterm elections. They feel strongly about current issues, especially immigration and...
Nov 5, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Boston Globe and the Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers teamed up for an article published in both daily papers Nov. 4 that examined ways it said the U.S. bishops have failed to police themselves even...
Nov 5, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Dyann Nashton | Contributing writer UTICA — During the Nov. 4 Mass to conclude the yearlong bicentennial celebration of Historic Old St. John’s Church, Syracuse Bishop Robert J. Cunningham affirmed, “This 200 years is a benchmark … and a sign of God’s enduring...
Nov 1, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Through God’s word, Christians can taste the sweetness of his love like honey and also feel the sharp sting of a sword that purifies them from sin, Pope Francis said. “The double edge of...
Nov 1, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, Uncategorized
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saints are not just the well-known men, women and young people on the liturgical calendar, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints. They include simple people “from next door, our relatives and...