Ordination season warms up
Six men serving the Diocese of Phoenix are taking formal steps toward priesthood in the coming weeks. Others with diocesan ties will be ordained into the same society of apostolic life.
Memorial Mass draws 2,250 faithful to National Shrine, including centenarian vet
U.S. veterans, service members, military chaplains, and their families attended. EWTN will air the Mass May 28.
Resignation letter prepared by Blessed Paul VI published
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Thirteen years before his death, Blessed Paul VI had written to the dean of the College of Cardinals to say that if he were to become seriously ill or impeded from exercising his ministry, the dean and other top cardinals in Rome should accept his resignation.
Church officials cautiously optimistic about DACA bills before Congress
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services gives credit to a group of moderate Republicans in Congress trying to revive interest in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals legislation, or DACA, by their efforts to bring not just one bill, but four, to the House floor.
Christ’s disciples will be led where they do not want to go, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Priests are called to love, care for others and prepare for the cross, Pope Francis said.
‘Mary is heart of the church,’ USCCB vice president says in homily on new...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Mary is a part of Christ’s “mission from the beginning,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gómez, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in his homily for the Mass celebrating the Church’s new feast, Mary, Mother of the Church, on the Monday after Pentecost.
Confirmation gives Catholics strength to be led by God, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone who has received the sacrament of Confirmation has received the gift of the Holy Spirit, who guides them and gives them the strength to follow God’s will, Pope Francis said.
‘Breakthrough Day’ as final founding member of Franciscan community in Laveen becomes deacon
LAVEEN — Br. Peter Teresa McConnell, FHS, the last of seven founding members of the Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit, became a deacon this month in a ceremony that also marked the latest milestone for the steadily growing religious community filling the long unmet spiritual needs of Native Americans in the Diocese of Phoenix.
Pray for families, receive an indulgence, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics who participate in the World Meeting of Families in Dublin in August or pray with their families during the Aug. 21-26 event can receive a plenary indulgence, the Vatican announced.
Philadelphia Archdiocese sues city over foster care placements
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is suing the city of Philadelphia in a religious freedom case centered on the placement of children in foster care.
