By Dave Luecking FERGUSON, Mo. (CNS) – Plywood covered the broken front windows of her restaurant, the back door served as the main entrance and no diners appeared on this afternoon. Yet, Maria Flores counted her blessings. “God was watching over us,” Flores said, standing in the intact dining area at El Palenque restaurant about […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A special Mass Dec. 5 and an exhibit at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington celebrated the winners of the annual Christmas artwork contest sponsored by the Missionary Childhood Association. An agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies, the association asks children in the nation’s elementary schools […]
DENVER (CNS) – Speaking on the steps of a federal courthouse in Denver Dec. 8, the mother provincial of the Little Sisters of the Poor said the religious order cannot and “should not have to” choose between “our care for the elderly poor and our faith.” Sister Loraine Marie Maguire said that is what the […]
Ornate Indian parasols decorated the exterior of St. Anthony-St. Alphonsus Church in Greenpoint, where hundreds of Indian Catholics rejoiced over their newest saint. Devotees from Brooklyn and Queens as well as New Jersey, Connecticut and Philadelphia attended a Sunday afternoon Mass of thanksgiving on Dec. 7 to celebrate the canonization of St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara. […]
By Joanne Fox SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS) – During his two-day mission in Sioux City, contemporary Christian musician John Michael Talbot was by turns a comedian, a guitarist and a theologian. “All things are possible with God!” he exclaimed at St. Michael Church and urged those present to repeat after him. It was those words, […]
ST. LOUIS (CNS) – Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis urged residents of Ferguson, “Choose peace!” He made the comment in a statement following the issuance of a grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who is Caucasian, in the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, an African-American. “Reject any […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – President Barack Obama’s package of actions affecting millions of people without legal immigration status received support from Catholic organizations, labor unions and immigration advocates even as critics contended that the steps he announced violated the Constitution. Advocates for the immigrant community, including national and international church agencies, continued their call for Congress […]
By John Garvey The National Museum of Women in the Arts, with support from The Catholic University of America and the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., will soon open an exhibit entitled “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea.” The exhibit, which comes just in time for the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, will feature more […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said he would attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September, making it the first confirmed stop on what is expected to be a more extensive papal visit to North America, including a stop in New York. The pope made the announcement Nov. 17 in a speech […]
BALTIMORE (CNS) – Though there were no actions on the U.S. bishops’ agenda in Baltimore dealing with immigration, poverty and other public policy issues, the president of their conference said Nov. 11 that he hopes to meet with President Barack Obama and House and Senate leaders soon on several topics. In a brief comment during […]
