Cheers to the New Year, quizzicals! Here’s your first quiz for 2026. May the coming year bring you peace, hope, joy and love … and the right answers to all my quizzes! 1) LITURGY On Jan. 14, Bishop Larry Silva will gather for Mass with civic and religious leaders from across the state. What is […]
Pope says God gives all the task of being peacemakers
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As the Catholic Church celebrated World Peace Day Jan. 1, Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of war-torn Yemen, especially the nation’s children left without education and often without food by years of civil war. Reciting the Angelus from the library of the Apostolic Palace, […]
Photo: Happy New Year
The Vietnamese Catholic Community celebrates the lunar new year with a traditional Tet festival Jan. 26 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The event is one of the most important celebrations in the Vietnamese culture. (Photo courtesy Dann Ebina)
Pope Francis begins New Year with apology, prayers for peace
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis began the New Year with an apology for losing his patience the night before with a woman who grabbed his hand and yanked him closer to her while he was greeting people in St. Peter’s Square. To get away, the pope had slapped her […]