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Paterson, N.J., Mar 3, 2017 / 06:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Catholic chapel that has served a New Jersey shopping mall since 1970 has scheduled its final Mass.St. Therese’s Chapel at the Bergen Town Center in Paramus, N.J. was set to close on Ash Wednesday. The chapel, also called the Chapel on the Mall, was run by Carmelite priests.Father Eugene Joseph Bettinger, 70, served as the chapel’s executive director, the New York Times reports.“It will be a Lent of the hunting,” he told his congregation during Mass. “After Ash Wednesday, it will be quite the desert experience for us.”The chapel drew close to 1,000 people each week for its Masses, held three times a day Monday through Saturday. At times, people would go to the chapel in groups to say the rosary or to pray silently.The chapel, its offices, and its gift shop took up 5,000 square feet. Ten years ago it moved from a cramped location in the mall basement on condition that its lease would go mon...
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2017 / 09:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia leave Sunday to begin their annual five-day retreat on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius; since 2014, held at the Casa Divin Maestro retreat house.Casa Divin Maestro, nestled away in the woods on Lake Albano, is just a short distance from the Papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo in the town of Ariccia, some 16 miles outside of Rome.One view from the retreat house encompasses the lake and the town of Castel Gandolfo; even the dome of St. Peter's Basilica is visible in the distance.The peace and serenity of the location reflects the mood Pope Francis wants to set for the entire retreat, Fr. Olinto Crespi told CNA.“We know that the Pope does not rotate much: room, chapel, dining room. He speaks very little, even at the table. There is always a background of music and he himself stays silent,” he said. It is like “the real exercises of the school of St. Ign...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPABy Dale GavlakAL-UM-KUNDUN, Jordan(CNS) -- Catholic leaders have expressed concern for tens of thousands of IraqiChristian refugees sheltering in Jordan as access to international aid tightenswith crises deepening in the Middle East and elsewhere."The situation ofIraqi Christians refugees is critical and dangerous," Father Khalil Jaartold Catholic News Service on the sidelines of a conference hosted by theVatican Embassy in Amman and the Catholic charity, Caritas Jordan.Meeting at Our Lady ofPeace Center on the hilly, tree-lined outskirts of the Jordanian capital, theleaders sought better cooperation and were exploring income-generation projectsfor the refugees badly in need of funds."They havefinished their money and they aren't allowed to work. How can they live inhuman dignity?" asked Father Jaar, who has devoted his ministry to aidingIraqi and Syrian refugees flooding into Jordan from neighboring conflicts formore than a decade.Daniela Cicche...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here is Pope Francis' schedule forHoly Week and Easter:-- March 5-10: Lenten retreat with officials from theRoman Curia in Ariccia, outside Rome.-- March 17: Penitential liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica.-- March 25: Pastoral visit to Milan where he wasscheduled to visit the Duomo and a prison, celebrate an outdoor Mass and meet withyoung people recently confirmed and preparing for confirmation.-- April 2: Pastoral visit to northern Italian town of Carpi.-- April 9: Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.-- April 13: Holy Thursday, morning chrism Mass in St.Peter's Basilica. Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper with foot washing at astill-unannounced location as of March 3.-- April 14: Good Friday afternoon liturgy of the Lord'sPassion in St. Peter's Basilica. Nighttime Way of the Cross in Rome's Colosseum.-- April 15: Easter vigil at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter'sBasilica.-- April 16: Easter morning Mass in St. Peter's Square,followed by the papal blessing...
DUBLIN (AP) -- A mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland, government-appointed investigators announced Friday in a finding that offered the first conclusive proof following a historian's efforts to trace the fates of nearly 800 children who perished there....
PHOENIX (AP) -- Two years ago, Steve Ronnebeck's son was gunned down at work in a Phoenix-area convenience store over a pack of cigarettes. The man accused of pulling the trigger was an immigrant who was in the country illegally and had been released by federal authorities....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In Washington, it's the art of the parse....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump will be visiting a private, religious school in Florida on Friday, signaling that his education agenda will focus on school choice....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Thousands of civilians fled Mosul overnight as Iraqi forces advanced north of a sprawling military base near the city's airport on Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A jilted ex-boyfriend is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish Community Centers nationwide, plus a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday....
