Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, retired Vatican secretary of state, before the start of the afternoon session on the first working day of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Vatican City — Pope Francis opened the first working session of an extraordinary […]
Search Results for: Working on the Poverty Line
Mary Adamski: Jesse, meet Matt
Conquering addiction requires friends, family, saints We celebrated a milestone in the life of a beloved elder a couple weeks ago by following his longstanding wishes. There was no party, no gifts, no spreading the word so more people would chime in. It’s an anniversary he never announces in advance and I don’t believe he […]
Catholic Charities president says faith requires good works
“Why does Catholic Charities do what it does? Well, we don’t have a choice.” That was the bottom line for Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, in the opening talk Feb. 19 at the charitable agency’s “Partners in Excellence” conference at the Catholic Charities Hawaii campus in Honolulu. Father Snyder explained his conclusion […]
Mary Adamski: Sustainable acts of kindness
Random acts of kindness. Someone created that phrase a couple decades ago to package the concept of spontaneous and anonymous generosity to help or cheer a total stranger. I believe it was dreamed up as an antidote to “random acts of violence,” the unexplainable bursts of cruelty and destruction that fill the news and wrench […]
Kathleen T. Choi: In the big boat
I just read “Take This Bread” by Sara Miles (Ballantine Books, 2008). Miles describes herself as an atheist and “a lesbian, left-wing journalist.” She spent her younger years in restaurant work and covering revolutions in South America. Then one day she wandered into St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. When the priest […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5