Respect the rights of all groups, pope tells Myanmar’s leaders
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (CNS) — The plight of the ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state was front and center in speeches by Pope Francis and Aung San Suu Kyi, but neither publicly used the word Rohingya.
Gilbert woman enters novitiate with Carmelite Missionaries
Sr. Isabel is the first novice from the Diocese of Phoenix to take this formal discernment step with the sisters since they established a novitiate in Arizona two years ago.
Royal engagement announcement brings attention to Catholic school
The future Duchess of Sussex, is not Catholic, but attended the school and graduated in 1999.
Living by church’s calendar at home draws families closer to saints, Mass
For some Catholic families, the liturgical "New Year" is tied to special traditions at home. This year the first Sunday is Dec. 3.
Pope arrives in Bangladesh, praises country’s welcome of Rohingya
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNS) — The government and people of Bangladesh have shown exemplary generosity in welcoming hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, despite great demands placed on already limited resources, Pope Francis said.
Pope urges continued dialogue between Orthodox, Catholics
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, in a message to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, urged Catholics and Orthodox to continue the path of dialogue on key theological issues to achieve full communion between the two Churches.
Defend God’s image by defending the Rohingya, pope urges
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNS) — Each human being is created in the image and likeness of God, yet so often people...
Vatican continues annual Christmas raffle for charity
The beneficiaries have not yet been announced but people can win a gift once owned by the pope. Tickets are available around the Vatican and online.
Angel figurines deliver message of love at Ohio senior care facility
The senior care facility welcomes the public to check out its 2,000-plus angel display all year-round, but Christmas angels come out of storage to take a prominent spot during Advent.
‘Let the friendship begin,’ says Tucson’s new bishop at installation
TUCSON (CNS) — Using his installation Mass homily to launch his episcopacy as the seventh bishop of Tucson, Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger laid out as a blueprint for ministry the day’s Gospel reading about Jesus’ call to the disciples as friends, not slaves.
