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Nicaraguan cardinal: Peace comes from dialogue, accepting differences

January 4, 2020January 6, 2020 casciatalbert

Managua, Nicaragua, Jan 4, 2020 / 05:53 am (CNA).- As political tensions continue in Nicaragua, the archbishop of Managua stressed that for peace to be achieved, people need to look past their differences and foster dialogue without exclusion or manipulation. “Only by choosing the path of respect will it be possible to break the spiral of vengeance,” said Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes on the World Day of Peace, celebrated Jan. 1. “Peace as the object of our hope is a precious good to which all humanity aspires,” he said. “War often…

US bishops declare solidarity with immigrants, refugees

January 3, 2020January 6, 2020 casciatalbert

Washington D.C., Jan 3, 2020 / 10:43 am (CNA).- Anticipating its observance of National Migration Week, the US bishops' conference said Thursday that it stands in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. National Migration Week is observed this year Jan. 5-11, with the theme “Promoting a Church and a World for All.” “As a founding principle of our country, we have always welcomed immigrant and refugee populations, and through the social services and good works of the Church, we have accompanied our brothers and sisters in integrating to daily American life,”…

Cardinal Sarah: Nigerians killed by terrorists are ‘martyrs’

January 2, 2020January 6, 2020 casciatalbert

Maiduguri, Nigeria, Jan 2, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- African Church leaders have responded to the reported Dec. 26 execution of 11 Nigerian Christians by a terrorist group affiliated with the Isamic State. “We woke up a day after Christmas to the horrible news of the gruesome decapitation of Christian hostages by the Islamic State terrorists,” Fr. Benjamin Achi told ACI Africa Dec. 28. Achi is director of communications in Nigeria’s Diocese of Enugu, where abductions targeting priests have been on the rise in recent months. The priest’s comments referred…

Cardinal Mueller: Church crisis comes from abandoning God, adapting to culture

January 1, 2020January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

Phoenix, Ariz., Jan 1, 2020 / 09:27 am (CNA).- The crisis facing the Catholic Church today has arisen from an attempt – even by some within the Church – to align with the culture and abandon the teachings of the faith, said Cardinal Gerhard Mueller Jan. 1. “The crisis in the Church is man-made and has arisen because we have cozily adapted ourselves to the spirit of a life without God,” the cardinal told thousands of Catholics gathered in Phoenix for the 2020 Student Leadership Summit hosted by the Fellowship…

Want to Know More About The Catholic Faith?

January 1, 2020January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

New Step by Step Roadmap for Catholic Saints When the miracle is accepted, the candidate is declared blessed via the rite of beatification. Such a miracle signals that the man or woman is in heaven and can intercede for people on earth. In the other situations, a miracle credited to the intercession of the candidate is needed for beatification. Another miracle attributed to the intercession of a candidate is necessary for the person’s canonization. Whatever They Told You About Catholic Music Is Dead Wrong…And Here’s Why Today, singing within the…

Marriage enrichment initiative geared toward military couples

December 31, 2019January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

Washington D.C., Dec 31, 2019 / 11:05 am (CNA).- A global marriage ministry is launching a new initiative to provide resources, encouragement and enrichment opportunities for military couples in Canada and the United States. The project is part of Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME), in conjunction with the North American Military Services Outreach (NAMSO). Worldwide Marriage Encounter, which originated in the 1950s with Spanish priest Father Gabriel Calvo, is a marriage enrichment program that offers weekend retreats to help couples foster communication skills, inspire family life, and promote friendships with other…

New book explores: How should Americans think about religious liberty?

December 30, 2019January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

Washington D.C., Dec 30, 2019 / 11:09 am (CNA).- Helping Americans understand the importance of religious freedom, as well as a measured view of contemporary threats to it, is the goal of a recent book from a leading attorney in the field. Luke Goodrich has spent more than a decade at the religious freedom law firm Becket, and has worked on the legal team in several high-profile religious freedom cases before the Supreme Court, including Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Holt v. Hobbs, and Little Sisters of the…

Pope Francis asks families to put down their phones on Holy Family feast

December 29, 2019January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

Vatican City, Dec 29, 2019 / 05:30 am (CNA).- On the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged families to get off their cell phones and talk to one another. “In your family, do you know how to communicate with each other, or are you like those kids at the table — each one has their own cell phone, chatting? In that table there is a silence as if they were at Mass, but they don't communicate with each other,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus…

Joliet Bishop Conlon announces medical leave of absence

December 28, 2019January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

Joliet, Ill., Dec 28, 2019 / 09:20 am (CNA).- The Diocese of Joliet announced Friday that Bishop Daniel Conlon will take a medical leave of absence from leadership of the Illinois diocese. During Conlon’s absence, “Bishop Richard E. Pates, Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, will serve as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese,” the diocese said in a Dec. 27 statement. “Bishop Conlon expresses his deep affection for the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Joliet and will keep them in his prayers during his time away. He also…

Piracy and despair: The unique problems that plague sailors

December 27, 2019January 2, 2020 casciatalbert

Vancouver, Canada, Dec 27, 2019 / 11:19 am (CNA).- For most people in the 21st century, piracy probably conjures up images of illegal downloads from Limewire before it does thoughts of trouble-making sea-farers. But real piracy – marine miscreants who hijack boats and steal goods and take captives – is still a threat for sailors and ship crews today. “Piracy is a terrifying experience for seafarers,” Deacon Dileep Athaide, a chaplain with the Apostleship of the Sea, told Agnieszka Ruck for The B.C. Catholic. The Apostleship of the Sea is…