Tikuna deacon prepares to become first priest from Amazonian tribe
NAZARETH, Colombia (CNS) — On a Sunday morning, Dcn. Ferney Pereira was leading a prayer service in this small village’s Catholic church.
Pope opens Missionary Month with call to share joy, hope, talents
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God wants everyone to take a risk to share with others the gifts He has given to them — their life, talents and His love, Pope Francis said.
Catholic university breaks ground for $100 million health sciences campus in Phoenix
Creighton University, an Omaha, Nebraska-based Jesuit university that has operated a health sciences program in Phoenix for more than a decade, formally broke ground for a new $100 million, 180,000 square-foot health sciences campus in a major expansion of the area’s only Catholic medical school.
Pope declares special Sunday each year dedicated to word of God
With this apostolic letter, the pope "invites us to hold the word of God in our hands every day as much as possible so that it becomes our prayer" and a greater part of one's lived experience, he said.
Three new dioceses carved out of Archdiocese of Mexico
What remains of the old Archdiocese of Mexico will contain the metropolitan cathedral and Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Population will shrink by 3.6 million.
Nazareth House insider: What the young seminarian trailblazers can expect
Five young men are the first seminarians in the Diocese of Phoenix’s 50-year history to begin seminary life within diocesan boundaries.
Sant’Egidio Community taught Cardinal-designate Zuppi how to minister
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Matteo Zuppi will join a 400-year-long list of archbishops of Bologna who also were cardinals, but his appointment to the College of Cardinals has more to do with his style of ministry than his job title.
Jenky: Real Presence not ‘opinion,’ but ‘foundational’ to Catholic faith
PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) — Acknowledging evidence that “for several generations” the Catholic Church has not sufficiently taught its core truths, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky has called for all ministries of the Diocese of Peoria to be “intentionally centered” on the Real Presence in the holy Eucharist.
After faith leaders’ border visit, the resolve to help migrants grows
The journey leading up to the Sept. 29 World Day of Migrants and Refugees set a stark tone, detailing the lack of welcome, the closed doors many of the 70 million displaced people around the world are experiencing.
Being elected pope doesn’t wash away one’s sins, pope says
ROME (CNS) — While his responsibilities are greater and his prayer list longer, Pope Francis said he’s basically the same person he was before he was elected in 2013, so he still goes to Confession every two weeks.
