In his historic ‘pilgrimage of penitence’ to Iraq, Pope Francis calls Iraqis to affirm kinship under one God By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis summarized his “pilgrimage of faith and penitence” to Iraq in a prayer: “If God is the God of life — for so he is — then […]
Remains of Army chaplain saint candidate identified
Father Emil Kapaun had been buried with the Korean War’s unknown dead at Punchbowl’s Cemetery of the Pacific By Catholic News Service WICHITA, Kan. — A U.S. government forensic team announced March 4 it has identified the remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, who was an Army chaplain and […]
Bishop says latest COVID-19 vaccine can be used in good conscience
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a new video, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “can be used in good moral conscience.” “There’s no moral need to turn down a vaccine, including the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is morally acceptable […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: “May I be buried in a non-Catholic cemetery?” And” I am dying and not sure if I need to confess again.”
QUESTION CORNER Q: Years ago, my parents purchased burial plots for my family in the local small-town cemetery where we lived. My family is not Catholic, and I wasn’t at that time either — so the cemetery is Christian, but not Catholic. I have since happily converted to Catholicism and am wondering if there is […]
Greg Erlandson: How badly do we want to return?
AMID THE FRAY What if you were a Catholic who had not seen a priest in 60 years? What if you had not seen a priest in one year? Jesuit Father Anthony Corcoran was visiting an old folks’ home in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan when he met a man who had waited six […]
Exorcist priest says focus should be on God’s power
By Sean Gallagher Catholic News Service BROOKVILLE, Ind. — Father Vincent Lampert has traveled to the ends of the earth in his ministry fighting the devil as an exorcist. From South Africa to Alaska and points in between, the pastor of St. Michael Parish in Brookville and St. Peter Parish in Franklin County has carried […]
Olives: Valued gift from God makes an ancient oil
By Nancy Wiechec Catholic News Service Olives have been cultivated and crushed for oil for at least 2,000 years before the Christian era. Scripture gives no doubt to the abundance of the small bitter fruits in biblical lands. The Old Testament celebrates olive trees as among God’s valued gifts to the faithful of Israel. “For […]
Can St. Joseph sell your house? Skip burying his statue
By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service PAUL, Minn. — The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the “For Sale” sign, facing the house. Or facing away from the house, near the […]
For Lent, ask if one’s life is centered on God or oneself, pope says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Lent is a time to reconsider the path one is taking in life and to finally answer God’s invitation to return to him with one’s whole heart, Pope Francis said. “Lent is not just about the little sacrifices we make, but about discerning where our hearts […]
Pope’s pilgrimage: Iraq: Full of historic sites important to Christianity
By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts to the place known in Arabic as the “land of the two rivers” — the mighty Tigris and Euphrates — and […]
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