Bishops vote to revise strategic priorities for the early 2020s
A working group of bishops identified four action-oriented priorities categorized under: evangelization, human life and dignity, vocations and protect/heal God's children.
Veteran says ‘Little Flower’ kept him alive during months of bombing runs
Despite an enemy plane zooming straight at him with machine guns blazing, not one piece of lead penetrated the cockpit.
Letters foster one young woman’s gratitude for veteran’s years of service
"Of all the letters he received, he kept this one," his wife said, and it was read at his memorial service.
University of Mary to name health sciences school for Italian saint
BISMARCK, N.D. (CNS) — The University of Mary plans to name its School of Health Sciences for a 20th-century Italian saint who saved the life of the child she was carrying despite a cancerous tumor in her uterus.
Brothers describe what ‘crystallized’ decision to choose religious life
God is a being of "hints and whispers" when it comes to vocations.
Seminarian preaches with paint; artwork also ‘helps out’ his own prayer
After high school and before seminary, Elmer Herrera-Guzman had exhausting days at work and at church, but only one was fulfilling.
Refusing God’s generosity is a sin, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In life, Christians face the choice of either being open to encountering God’s generosity or closed in on their own interests, Pope Francis said.
Ethiopians, often refugees themselves, welcome newcomers, cardinal says
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Ethiopia is now managing nearly a million refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen and even Syria, said Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel.
Albany Diocese mourns loss of longtime priest who died in flash flooding
He was on his way to a fairly new assignment. The priest also led prison retreats, chaired the advisory board for the Little Sisters of the Poor and served as chaplain to Magnificat, a women's Christian group.
Texas woman makes instilling ‘a culture of vocations’ her life’s work
Because affirming new vocations is a constant call regardless of whether the U.S. has 3,500 priestless parishes — and Canada has about half that.
