‘God saved my life through sports’ – Catholics prepare for Ironman race
DALLAS (CNA) — Competitors in an Ironman race swim 2.4 miles and bike 112 miles, and then run a marathon to complete more than 10 hours of racing that tests athletes’ highest levels of endurance. For some Catholics, preparing for an Ironman contest includes spiritual, as well as physical conditioning.
Former presidential candidate John McCain, who represented Arizona for 35 years, dies at 81
U.S. Senator John McCain from Arizona passed away earlier today, Aug. 25. The former 2008 Republican presidential nominee represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate since 1987.
Bishops nationwide reflect on ramifications of Pa. grand jury report
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishops across the United States are offering apologies to victims and renewed resolve to Catholics, in the wake of the Aug. 14 Pennsylvania grand jury report that detailed claims of sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children over 70 years in six dioceses in the state.
Film recalls Pope John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Ireland, plea for peace
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new documentary, “John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace,” makes the case that the pope’s trip to Ireland in 1979 played a key role in ending the Troubles and bringing about peace in Northern Ireland.
What New Jersey bishops, now retired, knew about McCarrick settlements
WASHINGTON (CNS) — What became known following a New York Times investigation into two seminarians who said they had been abused by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick is that settlements were reached with each man in the mid-2000s.
St. Mary’s High School nurtures rich seedbed of religious vocations
If a seed grows in fertile soil, then St. Mary’s Catholic School has rich earth and is reaping a great religious harvest.
Two Phoenix parishes mourn loss of Ugandan, yet ‘Irish’ priest
His priesthood began in Uganda, twice took him to Rome — including meeting Pope Francis — and finished strong in the Diocese of Phoenix.
Supreme Knight calls for ‘full accounting of misdeeds’ that have led to scandal
WASHINGTON (CNS) — After years of Catholics having to confess their sins to the clergy, it is now time for priests and bishops “to come clean about what they have done and what they have failed to do,” the CEO of the Knights of Columbus said in a letter to his brother Knights and the organization’s chaplains.
Sr. Christine Gilsenan, IBVM, brought music, art to decades of ‘Irish’ children
The Ss. Simon and Jude School community lost a wee bit of its authentic Irish heritage this summer.
Plucky priests prevail in persistent pace to part with prize … again
The Fourth Annual John Paul II Classic pitted the Church Fathers — priests of the Phoenix Diocese — against the more youthful Phoenix Sons — seminarians decked out in orange jerseys.
