As families feel the pinch, a parish responds
byA rise in food prices and other living expenses has added financial pressure to family budgets. Some families are feeling that pinch for the…
Pope launches appeals to pray for peace, prevent ‘mountain of dead’
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis appealed for perseverance in praying for peace, especially in the Holy Land where the conflict is…
Festival of Faiths focuses on embodying love
byThe Cathedral of the Assumption hosted the opening celebration of this year’s Festival of Faiths on Nov. 15, kicking off the festivities with music…
‘Fully alive’ NCYC youth challenged to celebrate mysteries of faith, science and self
byBy Natalie Hoefer INDIANAPOLIS — Grace Stecker of the Diocese of Helena, Montana, pulled out her cellphone and called her dad, right in the…
Sister Martha Buser, a spiritual director, dies at 92
byUrsuline Sister of Louisville Martha (Olga) Buser died Nov. 18 at Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She was 92 and in her 73rd year…
‘Poverty is a scandal,’ pope says; Christians must use gifts for charity
byVATICAN CITY — The material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a “scandal” that Christians are called to address by…
Resumen: La reunión de los obispos de EE.UU. muestra un frente unido en la misión, pero no un plan de acción claro para el Sínodo
byPor Peter Jesserer Smith BALTIMORE — Durante dos días, la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB) se reunió en asamblea plenaria en…
Buddhist-Christian dialogue calls for shared action to spread hope
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — A group of Christians and Buddhists engaged in dialogue urged members of their religions to work together to…
‘We have to defend life,’ says Sister Norma, who ministers at border amid growing tension
byBy David Agren McALLEN, Texas — On a Saturday afternoon at the Humanitarian Respite Center in the Texas border city of McAllen, Sister Norma…
Living Mission — Life in the donor world
byOur Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme (DDP) is in the process of becoming the Caritas Cambodia Deaf Development Programme. We are what is known as…