Sainthood cleared for Blessed Romero
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of Blesseds Paul VI and Oscar Romero.
Week of March 8-14 honors Catholic women religious
Livestreams, a service day and field trips to mother houses are some of the ways religious communities and children/young adults are celebrating.
Visiting bishop from Nebraska speaks on power of silence in today’s age
The bishop calmly warned that without these quiet practices “anchoring our lives and our hearts,” the age of noise will transform us and develop in our hearts a reactive, uncharitable and often intemperance that is seen in the media and social media.
Son’s meeting with birth mother who nearly aborted him made into film
As for his adoptive parents, "they're excited as well to see what happens with the film and to see how many people we can impact."
Explosive devices detonated in Mexican border churches
An explosive device, described by the diocese as homemade, was detonated during Mass March 4 and was the second at an area church within four days.
Pope adds feast of Mary, mother of the church to universal calendar
It will occur the Monday after Pentecost each year and joins in with churches across Poland, Argentina, St. Peter's Basilica and some religious orders who already set aside the feast.
Indian shrine rector stabbed to death; police arrest former sacristan
Fr. Thelakkat, 52, had been rector there since 2011.
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, March 3
The daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia banker, Katharine received marriage proposals but wanted to become a contemplative nun.
Salvation is gift of God, brings people into community, document says
Salvation in Christ is a gift of God that cannot be earned by human efforts alone, and it is not simply some kind of interior transformation, but touches the way Christians live in the world and relate to others, said a new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Christian leaders reopen Church of the Holy Sepulcher after ’emergency’
The church's 10 Franciscan friars continued three days of celebrated Masses for the intentions of the pilgrims who were unable to pray in the church, where tradition holds that Jesus was buried.
