by Simone Orendain MANILA, Philippines (CNS) – The grandstand of Villamor Air Base was buzzing with teams of workers trying to help people displaced by the super typhoon that struck the central Philippines 10 days earlier. Evacuees, fresh off the military planes that took them here, could make free phone calls, register for transportation to […]
Month: November 2013
100-Yr.-Old Parish Marks Its Patron Saint’s Feast
by Joseph Brostek A sea of worshippers gathered in St. Andrew Avellino Church, Flushing on Sunday, Nov. 10 in observance of the patron saint’s feast day. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez concelebrated the 10:30 a.m. Mass with Father Joseph Holcomb, pastor; Msgr. Michael Brennan, parochial vicar, and Father Rodnev Lapommeray, in residence. Deacon Eugene Wohlfarth assisted. The procession […]
Bishops of Americas Discuss New Models for Parishes
by David Agren MEXICO CITY (CNS) – Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, Ontario, recalled once having a parish that needed a new furnace and was considering hiring a youth pastor. The parishioners raised $90,000 in three weeks for the furnace but failed to find funds for the youth pastor, figuring there were few young people […]
Pope to the Americas: Keep Missionary Spirit
by David Agren MEXICO CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis once again called for Catholics to adopt a missionary mindset and make mission the priority of all pastoral activities. The pope, speaking from the Vatican via video to an audience of clergy, religious and laity at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, […]
Pope Francis MD
Pope Francis holds up a box of “spiritual medicine” after praying the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Nov. 17. The box contained a rosary, a Divine Mercy holy card and a medicinal-style instruction sheet. The pope said the rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet are “a spiritual […]
Relics of St. Peter to Be Venerated As Year of Faith Comes to an End
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – For the first time, bones traditionally believed to be relics of St. Peter the Apostle will be displayed for public veneration in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 24, at a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis to conclude the Year of Faith. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New […]
Sex, Truth and the Illumination of Guilt
by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk Guilt has gotten a lot of bad press recently. We live in an age where guilt is practically always something bad, something to get past with the help of a shrink. Particularly when discussing sex, people will declare that religion and morality do nothing more than make people feel guilty. Andrew […]
Pope Francis on Art
by Father Robert Lauder Fourth in a series I ENJOY READING interviews with celebrities – at least sometimes. If the interviewee is an actor or actress whom I admire, I hope that the interview will reveal the person as someone to admire, not only on the stage or screen, but also in real life. Even […]
JFK After 50 Years
by George Weigel ON NOV. 22, 1963, the seventh grade at Baltimore’s Cathedral School was in gym class when we got word that President John F. Kennedy had been shot. A half-hour later, while we were climbing the stairs back to 7B’s classroom, Sister Dolorine’s voice came over the public address system. She announced that […]
Purchased by His Precious Blood
by Father James Rodriguez FOR CENTURIES, Catholics have praised Christ as King through the arts. Just last summer, during the World Youth Day festivities in Rio de Janeiro, I heard an a capella masterpiece that continues to resonate with me, and unfailingly brings me to tears every time I hear it. “Crown of Thorns” by […]