Home Blog Page 1218
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Humility, kindness and generosity are needed to create peace in the world, starting in one's own family, Pope Francis said. "To create peace, unity among us (it takes) humility, gentleness -- we who are used to...
DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Internal Revenue Service is proposing a rule change that would impact about 30 percent of the student population in the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, as well as thousands of others attending nonpublic...
For part of the diocesan sesquicentennial special section, Bishop W. Francis Malooly agreed to an interview with Joseph P. Owens, editor and general manager of The Dialog. The transcript of their Oct. 1 conversation is below. Listen to the...
MILLTOWN — Travel to St. Mark’s nearly any time of the morning, afternoon or early evening, and you’ll likely see Evan Johnson keeping busy. He could be carrying books or a ball, or on the stage in the theater,...
WILMINGTON – Padua's volleyball team went into Ursuline's gymnasium three weeks ago and defeated the Raiders, so Ursuline returned the favor Oct. 25 on Broom Street. The Raiders, ranked fourth by 302Sports.com, overcame a first-set loss to take the...
PENNY HILL – After seeing wave after wave of offensive chances foiled as the second half progressed, the St. Elizabeth soccer team finally broke through at Mount Pleasant. The Vikings scored twice in three minutes late in the contest...
HUIXTLA, Mexico — Members of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in this southern Mexican city rose early Oct. 24 to feed but a fraction of the Central American migrants traveling in a caravan, which is trying to traverse Mexico...
PHILADELPHIA — An open letter to the U.S. bishops asks that at their Nov. 12-14 fall general meeting in Baltimore, they make it mandatory for bishops to become reporters of suspected sexual abuse. “The nefarious actions of certain bishops surreptitiously...
VATICAN CITY — Following the Francigena Way, an ancient pilgrims’ path, a group of about 300 synod participants and young people from Rome parishes headed to St. Peter’s Basilica to pray at the apostle’s tomb. The wayfaring cardinals, bishops, priests...
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Jer 31:7-9 Psalm 126:1-6 2) Heb 5:1-6 Gospel: Mk 10:46-52   It looks like this What does it mean to have faith in Jesus? What is this having faith in him? It's possible to answer these questions in an abstract...