HOUSTON (CNS) — When people see their homes destroyed by flood or other disaster that forces them into a shelter, they need someone to listen to them, said priests and deacons who serve on a ...
Providing pastoral care for the sick and homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge for priests, deacons and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist. "Everything is different now," said Father Titus Augustine, pastor of St. Ignatius ...
Social distancing during this ongoing pandemic "is necessary for the common good," said Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, "but we need to counter this with a dramatic increase in what Pope Francis calls 'spiritual ...
The U.S. Catholic Church will convene a yearlong intercultural process with young adults and ministry leaders July 25. Called "Journeying Together," the initiative aims to explore the Catholic Church's engagement with young people of diverse cultural ...
With new coronavirus cases hitting record highs in states across the country, Catholic priests are dealing with a resurgence of restrictions and anxiety just weeks after their parishes resumed public Masses. “We’re all concerned,” said ...
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee said the federal emergency "bridge loans" that dioceses, parishes and other Catholic entities applied for provided a lifeline, allowing "our essential ministries to continue to function ...
Since 2005, Susan Walker Schulenberg has been making “Angel gowns” — burial gowns for abandoned newborns. What began as a single act of charity has launched into a full ministry, Rest in His Arms. And ...
Priests across the country have volunteered to serve on special ministerial teams offering the anointing of the sick to COVID-19 patients. In a special report from Our Sunday Visitor, several priests share stories from the ...
MIAMI (CNS) — Formerly an information technology business owner, Nick Silverio doesn’t sit still for long before thinking of ways to make it easier for women with crisis pregnancies to make good choices. One of ...
It started with a child's concern for a homeless man she saw outside a grocery store. A stream of questions to her parents followed, and then her insistence on helping in some way. Now Emily's ...
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