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Vatican City, May 8, 2017 / 12:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with priests and seminarians from the Portuguese College in Rome, asking them to allow Mary to bring them closer to Christ – just like she did for the children at Fatima.“The meeting with Our Lady was for (the shepherd children) a graceful experience that made them fall in love with Jesus,” he said Monday.“I must wish the same to all of you, dear friends. Above every other goal that has brought you to Rome and keeps you here, there is always this: knowing and loving Christ – As the Apostle Paul would say – trying to conform more and more to him until a total gift of self.”Pope Francis met with priests, seminarians and religious of the Pontifical Portuguese College of Rome at the Vatican May 8.During the audience he referenced his imminent pilgrimage to Fatima, Portugal May 12-13 for the 100th anniversary of Our Lady's appearance to three shepherd children, or “...
IMAGE: CNS/Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont CatholicBy Cori Fugere UrbanSPRINGFIELD, Vt. (CNS) -- FatherPeter Williams built himself a house that has all the comforts of home: a fullkitchen, a bathroom with a toilet and shower, a dining area, a livingarea with a drop-down television, a propane furnace and even electric radiantheat under the laminate wood flooring.It's all part of his towable,tiny house.The brown cedar-sided structurewith brown standing-seam metal roof has about 160 square feet of floor spaceplus lofts for sleeping and storage.Father Williams, pastor of Maternity of the Blessed Virgin MaryParish in Springfield, in southeastern Vermont, lives in its5,000-square-foot rectory, and though he's not complaining, he quipped, "If youwant to know my preference, go look at the tiny house."Using plans he bought for theexterior of an 18-foot house and modified for 21 feet, he began the buildingproject behind the church four years ago and finished it two years later.Materials alone cos...
IMAGE: CNS/Tyler OrsburnBy Chaz MuthWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chief communications officer for theU.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of Communications announced a restructuringthat will shift the focus of its operation from a traditional print structureto a digital model."It's an exercise in enculturation," said James Rogers, USCCBchief communications officer. "If you're going to evangelize, you need to reachpeople where they are."The communications department wasbuilt when print and newspapers were the dominant force in media. The landscape has been dramatically transitioning in recent years to a digital platform,where information is frequently sought and shared in real time, Rogers told Catholic News Service May 8.Though print content will continue tobe generated, more resources will be directed toward visual media, digitalcontent and social media dissemination, Rogers said.The restructuring involves theelimination of 12 jobs and the creation of 10 new positions. Emplo...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Mexican government, San Antonio's police chief and others slammed Texas' new "sanctuary cities" law on Monday, saying that requiring local law enforcement to help enforce U.S. immigration law could lead to racial profiling and will fan distrust of the police by the state's many Hispanics....
BOSTON (AP) -- One of two doctors found dead and bound inside their penthouse in a luxury condominium building had texted a friend that there was "a gunman in the house," prosecutors revealed Monday as the suspect in their slayings was arraigned from his hospital bed....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's most prominent domestic violence hotline reports a sharp increase in calls from abuse victims struggling with issues related to their immigration status....
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- After a series of stinging legal defeats, President Donald Trump's administration hopes to convince a federal appeals court that his travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries is motivated by national security, not religion....
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty....
PARIS (AP) -- Freshly elected to the French presidency, now comes the equally difficult Act II for Emmanuel Macron: securing the parliamentary majority he needs to make good on his campaign promises to lift France out of economic gloom....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the congressional probe into Russia in the 2016 election (all times local):...
