VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis expressed his fears over increasing violence in Iraq and prayed for peace and reconciliation in the country.
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Pope Wants Church of Compassion
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “I like to dream of a church that lives the compassion of Jesus,” Pope Francis told more than 7,000 priests, religious, catechists and parish council members from the Diocese of Rome.
What Is the Value of Catholic Education?
The answer to the question posed in the headline needs more words than I can fit into a single article. In the Brooklyn Diocese, simply stated, Catholic education is thriving inside and outside the classroom.
St. Andrew Avellino: 100 Years of Prayer
by Marie Elena Giossi “Christ, be our light! Shine in your Church gathered today” were the words that echoed through St. Andrew Avellino Church, Flushing, as the parish came together to close its centennial year on Sunday, June 1. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the 10:30 a.m. Mass, which was the culmination […]
St. Leo’s Students See Christ in Others
At St. Leo’s School in Corona, social justice is more than a noble concept taught in religion class; it’s a lived commitment to recognizing and serving Christ among the neighborhood’s neediest residents.
Finding Common Ground in A World of Differences
by Karen Osborne Things would have been really different if I had been born in 1880, not 1980. In the grand scheme of history, 100 years isn’t even close to being a drop in the bucket. When you’re talking about a human life, however, 100 years is a long time. If I had been born […]
A Parting Gift – Bishop Sullivan’s Advanced Directive Helped Family Know What to Do
A maze of corridors crisscrossed the lobby of the Nassau University Medical Center, making it difficult to locate my brother, Joe – better known to the rest of the world as Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan.
Paving the Way for Personalism
In my role as a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University, Jamaica, I am often reminded of a line from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s great musical “The King and I.” The line, which is in the song “Getting to Know You,” is: “It’s an old and ancient saying but a true and honest thought that if you become a teacher by your students you’ll be taught.”
John Paul and Francis At Yad Vashem
As that familiar parody of bad fiction has it, “it was a dark and stormy night” – March 21, 2000 to be precise – when I made my way from the Jerusalem Hilton to the Notre Dame Center to meet a senior Vatican official who had promised me a diskette with the addresses John Paul II would deliver during his epic visit to the Holy Land.
Which Will You Choose?
At its heart, today’s feast is primarily about communion. Moses desired it, and so he prays, reflecting every person’s inherent desire for God. Nothing can take His place, and so Moses humbly implores Him, “do come along in our company” (Ex. 34:9).