Pope applauds patriarch's call to protect the planet, protect people
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said that when he was on the Greek island of Lesbos, "while enchanted by the scenery of the blue sky and sea, I was struck by the thought that such a beautiful sea had become a tomb for men, women and children who had for the most part sought only to escape inhuma...Read full story »
Friday, June 08, 2018
Pope appoints auxiliary bishops for Washington, Rockville Centre
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington and an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York. The new Washington auxiliary, Bishop-designate Michael W. Fisher, 60, has served the archdiocese as episcopal...Read full story »
Friday, June 08, 2018
Pope will create 14 new cardinals in June
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has announced that he would make 14 new cardinals on June 29, giving the red cardinal's hat to the papal almoner; the Iraq-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church; and the archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan, among others. &#...Read full story »
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Encuentro themes focus on families, youth
Editor’s note – The Diocese of Evansville has been involved in the National Fifth Encuentro process for the past 18 months. Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has filed the report on the diocesan effort with Region VII (the Evansville diocese is in Region VII), and diocesan staff anf lay faithful...
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Thursday, May 24, 2018
Pope moves 12 sainthood causes ahead
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has issued decrees recognizing that 12 candidates for sainthood, including U.S. Sacred Heart Brother Norbert McAuliffe, lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way. The decrees, promulgated by...
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Thursday, May 24, 2018
Runaway slave-turned-priest moves closer to sainthood
Chicago, Ill. (CNA/EWTN News) - The first African American priest in the U.S. could become the country’s first African American saint as his cause for canonization has taken another step forward. A document summarizing the life, virtue, and alleged miracles of Servant of God Father Aug...Read full story »
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Reborn in baptism, Christians are called to live like Christ, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The baptismal font is a tomb in which a person dies to sin, and it is a womb through which a person is born to new life in Christ, Pope Francis said. "Just as our parents generated us to earthly life, the church has regenerated us to eternal life through bapt...Read full story »
Friday, May 11, 2018
Be inspired by Mary, Christ's first lay disciple, pope tells laypeople
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- During a quick morning visit to Tuscany, Pope Francis praised two lay communities there that are dedicated to living out the Gospel values of reciprocal love and cooperation. Meeting families and children who live a communal way of life in Nomadelfia, near Gr...Read full story »
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Pope: Heaven is an encounter with Jesus, not a boring waiting room
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Heaven is not an eternally dull existence but rather the completion of a journey toward a promised encounter with the Lord, Pope Francis said. Although Christians may know full well that their goal is to go to heaven, "we begin to slip" when asked, "What is...Read full story »
Friday, April 27, 2018
Pope leads prayers for inter-Korean summit
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis led thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in prayers for the success of the inter-Korean summit, scheduled for April 27. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, are scheduled to meet in Panmunjom, a village i...Read full story »
Friday, April 27, 2018
