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IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas CatBy James RamosHOUSTON (CNS) -- When Nick Guarisco landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport on Ash Wednesday morning, heplanned to catch a late afternoon Mass in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,to get his ashes, but Father Charles Samperi had a different plan.Stationed outside theTerminal C Interfaith Chapel March 1, Father Samperi greeted anyone who walkedpast. A visible and verbal reminder that it was indeed Ash Wednesday, thepastor of nearby St. James Catholic Church calmed fears of missed flights:"It takes just 15 seconds to get ashes," he'd say.Hearing this, Guarisco,23, immediately turned the corner into the chapel where Deacon Paul Pinonmarked his forehead with ashes.Noting the difficultiesof being a young Catholic in college, the Louisiana State University studentsaid ashes help him to "stay true to (his) faith and not get off the path.Now with Lent here, (the ashes) remind you to get prepared."In college "there'sa lot of sin to av...
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPABy Jonathan LuxmooreOXFORD, England (CNS) -- Aspokesman for Egypt's Catholic Church praised local Muslims for helpingembattled Christians after a series of Islamic State attacks in Sinai.Father Rafic Greiche, spokesman for the CopticCatholic Church, said Christians must differentiate between ordinary Muslimsand extremists."Ordinary Muslims are kindand try to help however they can -- they'reoften first on the scene, rescuing the injured and taking them to hospitals,"he told Catholic News Service March 3, as Christians continued to flee Egypt'sNorth Sinai region.Father Greiche said the attackshad affected only Coptic Orthodox Christians, but added that Catholic churchesand schools in Ismailia had offeredshelter to Orthodox families with help from Caritas.Father Greiche said Islamic Statemilitants were now "strongly entrenched" in North Sinai, having beenallowed by the Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood organizations to use tunnels fromthe Gaza Strip.He added that civil...
CHICAGO (AP) -- When street-gang thieves slipped with ease into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago's South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or tennis shoes. What they beheld instead was a gangster's jackpot: box after box of brand new guns....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled Friday that the Fed will likely resume raising interest rates later this month to reflect a strengthening job market and inflation edging toward the central bank's 2 percent target rate....
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian guesthouse packed with artwork of the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy unveiled itself Friday in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with a sneak peek of what the owner sarcastically called the "hotel with the worst view in the world."...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It's an only in Silicon Valley kind of story: A well-to-do private Catholic high school makes a $15,000 investment five years ago in the company developing the Snapchat app, holds onto it for years and ends up with a windfall of $24 million....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As part of a sustained assault on the extremist group known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, U.S. warplanes have launched more than 30 airstrikes in Yemen the past two days, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former journalist fired for making up details in stories is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish institutions nationwide, as well as a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his ex-girlfriend, federal officials said Friday....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump toured a private religious school in Florida on Friday, praising it as an ideal institution for "disadvantaged children" while re-emphasizing that his education agenda will focus on school choice....
Vatican Weekend for March 4th, 2017 features a report on Pope Francis’ general audience on Ash Wednesday, a leading Franciscan updates us on the situation in South Sudan, a nation the Pope said once again that he wishes to visit plus two reflections to mark the Lenten season.Listen to this program produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
