Baseball player leaves behind success on diamond to follow God’s call
Bishop Michael C. Barber was able to do what general manager Billy Beane could not: Call Grant Desme to Oakland.
U.S. bishops plan to be stronger advocates for Israeli-Palestinian peace
JERUSALEM (CNS) — Several U.S. Catholic bishops are returning from a nine-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land where they met with Israeli and Palestinian religious and political leaders, spent time meeting local residents and prayed at holy sites. One of them never expected to see such destruction and suffering.
Opposing the black mass: local Catholics respond with prayer
Catholics around the country as well as in the Diocese of Phoenix will attend holy hours of reparation prior to a Sept. 21 black mass in Oklahoma City.
Pope: Don’t leave home without it; take Gospel on the go, to the world
Tuck the Gospel in your pocket and put on your walking shoes to share Christ's love, peace and joy with the world, Pope Francis said.
Philadelphia meeting, synods will be part of global debate on families
At a Sept. 16 briefing, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, described the world meeting as one of several related events to follow the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, which will prepare an agenda for the worldwide synod one year later.
Divorce, migration changing the face of families worldwide, in U.S.
The family under discussion when the extraordinary Synod of Bishops convenes at the Vatican Oct. 5 will bear little resemblance to the family of 50 or even 20 years ago.
Couples with kids, cohabitating are among those marrying at papal Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Among the men and women Pope Francis was set to unite in marriage were Catholics who have been living together as well as couples who already have children.
The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, will preside over his first wedding ceremony as pontiff during a nuptial Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Sept. 14.
Indian church appeals for support for relief work in flood-hit Kashmir
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India has appealed to Catholics to mobilize funds and materials to augment church relief work in northern Jammu and Kashmir state, devastated by torrential rains and floods.
Nearly 250 people have perished in the foothills of the Himalayas and more than 700,000 people have been marooned on rooftops, trees and hills since Sept. 7.
Faith, ‘all-in’ approach help rookie NFL referee achieve his dream
The emotion poured out of Bryan Neale when he learned that the dream he had pursued for 25 years had finally come true.
Ordination of dying seminarian ‘reflects Paschal Mystery,’ says bishop
"The joy and satisfaction in administering the sacrament of holy orders is a high point in the life of any bishop, but to have the opportunity to celebrate the sacrament for one who is so much looking forward to ordination but faces the certainty of death made it the more poignant," Bishop David R. Choby said.
