Digital apostle: Pope cites tech whiz as role model for young people
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his recent apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis told young men and women that they did not need to look far for role models who avoided the traps of “self-absorption, isolation and empty pleasure” that abound in the digital age.
CDA supports ministries throughout Northern Deanery
Gain insight on a variety of outreaches Catholics in the northern deanery quietly do behind the scenes thanks in part to monies from the diocesan Charity and Development Appeal.
Bishop urges abuse survivors to turn to Jesus for healing at biannual liturgy
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted urged survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and others — both within and outside the Catholic Church — to trust the love of Jesus for their ultimate healing and their leading away from the path of pain and anguish.
Are sacraments conferred by laicized priests, bishops valid?
In light of the laicization of Theodore McCarrick, some Catholics whose children or grandchildren were baptized or confirmed are wondering if the sacraments administered by McCarrick are still valid.
Becoming a seafarers’ chaplain was not exactly this Canadian deacon’s retirement plan
DELTA, British Columbia (CNS) — A few years ago, Dcn. Dileep Athaide could never have guessed he’d become a frequent visitor on the immense coal and container ships dotting the horizon in Delta and Vancouver.
Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always be in the midst of God’s people, “pouring ourselves out” for them, Pope Francis said.
Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet
ROME (CNS) — Jesus’ gesture of washing His disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and prison employees on Holy Thursday.
Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral
PARIS (CNS) — A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Fr. Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with saving a reliquary containing the Crown of Thorns and the Blessed Sacrament from the burning cathedral.
‘The Organ Lives!’ — Notre Dame’s Monstrous Organ Survives Fire
The world was obviously taken aback when news broke with terrifying videos of smoke and fire coming from the beloved Notre Dame Cathedral.
On Good Friday, papal preacher says cross brings hope to the oppressed
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household.
