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IMAGE: CNS/Nancy WiechecBy Nancy WiechecPHOENIX(CNS) -- Chris Hoffman is cooking for 4,500 guests this holiday season, yethe's cool as a cucumber."Itshould go well," he said. "We did it last year and it went very smoothly."Theconfident executive chef runs the sprawling kitchen of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul in Phoenix. He credits his staff and cadre of volunteers withmaking his job practically stress-free."Ihave a reliable staff. A reliable kitchen team," Hoffman told Catholic NewsService as he made kitchen rounds one week before Thanksgiving. "We do a lot offood for a lot of people."Beefstew simmered in a huge vat. Pork loin sizzled in a roaster. Large trays offreshly baked cookies were being pulled from hot ovens. Volunteers, who executemuch of the food prep, were busy slicing and dicing a number of fresh fruitsand vegetables.Thefood would be dished out to the homeless population and to families in need atseveral dining rooms in the Phoenix area.Preparingthousands of meals i...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Death and final judgment before theLord are not frightening if you live being faithful to God, Pope Francis said."It will do us good to think about this: 'Well, whatwill that day be like when I am before Jesus? When he will ask me about the talentshe gave me, what I did with them,'" the pope said Nov. 22 during morningMass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives.Reflecting on the day's readings, including theresponsorial psalm, the pope looked at the call of God: "Remain faithfuluntil death, and I will give you the crown of life."The Lord will come to judge the earth, Pope Francis said.However, some people don't recognize that fact, deceiving themselves intothinking the end is nowhere in sight, and how they live on earth has no consequencesafter death, he said."I remember when I was a boy, when I'd go tocatechism they taught us four things: death, judgment, hell or glory -- thatafter judgment there's this possibility" of going to hell or sha...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gigi Hadid says her Melania Trump impression during the American Music Awards Sunday "was done in good humor with no bad intent."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 19,000 for the first time as the stock market extended its reach further into record territory. The gains came a day after four major market indexes closed at all-times highs at the same time, something that hadn't happened since 1999....
BEIRUT (AP) -- For the first few weeks of her job recycling garbage, Haela Kalawi often went home crying....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A package bomb exploded in a downtown apartment early Tuesday after a man who apparently thought the manila envelope contained an inhaler opened it, police said. The victim was hospitalized with hand and chest injuries....
The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses say it could be the first major fault line that divides them from the new president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi is responding to a challenge to her position as top House Democrat by proposing to give more influence to junior lawmakers atop congressional committees and within her leadership team....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump "doesn't wish to pursue" more investigations into Hillary Clinton's email practices, a top adviser said Tuesday, strongly signaling to congressional Republicans they should abandon years of probes into the Clintons after a bitter campaign in which he repeatedly branded his Democratic rival as crooked....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretariat of State has unveiled a new website dedicated to the Pope’s charitable collection known as “Peter’s Pence”.The site went online on 21 November at www.peterspence.va. Currently available in English, Italian, and Spanish, a press statement said it would soon be translated into other languages.Containing reflections from Pope Francis, the website offers the faithful another way to contribute to Peter’s Pence, which is an annual collection held throughout the Catholic world on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.The funds raised for Peter’s Pence go to the Holy Father, who distributes them for the necessities of the universal Church and as charity to those most in need.Faithful throughout the world will now have the opportunity to “reflect on the significance of their acts and offer, also online, their concrete support for the works of mercy, Christian charity, peace, and aid to the Holy See&rdq...
