“I hoped it would pass,” he said in a video message. “I really wanted my meeting with you, but as you well know, we are not the masters of our lives and cannot do everything we want.”
Author: settinger
Vatican Tries to Explain Priorities of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words.
Vatican Has New Voice At the United Nations
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis named a Filipino archbishop, who helped lead and rebuild the church in Haiti after its devastating earthquake, as the Vatican representative at the U.N. in New York.
Flushing Group to Buy Philadelphia Nursing Homes
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that it is selling six nursing homes and one assisted living facility operated by archdiocesan Catholic Health Care Services to a Flushing health care management company for $145 million.
Seal of Confession Is at Issue in La. Court Case Ruling
BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) – Louisiana’s Supreme Court has ruled that a priest may be compelled to testify as to what he heard in the confessional in 2008 concerning an abuse case.
Bishop Bans Processions After Blasphemous Bow
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A bishop in Calabria, Italy, has ordered an end to all religious processions in his diocese after 30 men carrying a large statue of Mary and hundreds of people accompanying the statue paused and bowed in front of the house of a presumed mafia boss.
Prince of Peace Radio Program Spreads Culture of Life
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CNS) – A new radio program launched in the Palm Beach Diocese in June with a focus on shedding light on pro-life issues and sharing ways to get involved in promoting the culture of life in the not-so-pro-life world.
Growing in the Lord Requires Faith, Not Logic
As a college seminarian, I was living at Cathedral Seminary Residence in Douglaston and attending St. John’s University in Jamaica.
The Uses of Monarchy
Hereditary monarchy is not exactly a growth industry in the 21st century.
Living as Graced Images of God
First in a series
This series on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel” has been planned for some time.