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IMAGE: NS photo/L'Osservatore Romano handout via EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Don't respond to grief or anguishwith pills, alcohol or avoidance, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.Figure out what is going on inside your heart, then turnto God and beg him for help, he said Sept. 27 during an early morning Mass inthe chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.Reflecting on the day's readings, the pope looked at the"spiritual desolation" experience by Job and the responsorial psalm,"Let my prayer come before you, Lord." Job lost everything and felt utterly abandoned and unfairlytormented, the pope said. He unleashed his desperate cries to God, venting allof his feelings of hopeless despair and regret, and yet, he never blasphemed orcursed God in his ranting, he said.Everyone has experienced some degree of despair that"makes us feel as if our soul were crushed," unable to breathe andperhaps even eager for death, the pope said."We have to understand when our spirit is in thisstate...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic SpiritBy Jessica TrygstadST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Anestimated 12,000 students, teachers and staff of Catholic schools filled abaseball park in downtown St. Paul Sept. 22 for the first all-school Mass ofthe Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and AuxiliaryBishop Andrew H. Cozzens and more than 60 priests concelebrated the Mass forfourth- through eighth-grade students from the archdiocese's 79 Catholic gradeschools after a performance from the local band Sonar.In his homily, Archbishop Hebdatold the crowd filling the stadium seats and spread across CHS Field --where the St. Paul Saints baseball team plays -- that the Holy Spirit is whatmakes Catholic schools great. And, in turn, students must ask the Holy Spiritto help them reach greatness."I am so happy that we have thatopportunity at the beginning of this school year to pray for an outpouring ofthe Holy Spirit," Archbishop Hebda said. "Cer...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists say the first baby has been born from a new technique that combines DNA from three people....
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- The U.N. ambulance carried an urgent patient: a local woman in labor. South Sudan government soldiers stopped the ambulance 15 times at checkpoints in the capital, Juba. The Aug. 2 journey, which usually takes 15 minutes, lasted nearly two hours....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Tuesday stumbled over a must-do bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend and to fund the fight against the Zika virus. Democrats, demanding money so Flint, Michigan, can address its lead-contaminated water crisis, overwhelmingly opposed the measure, as did a dozen of the Senate's most conservative members....
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Constant interruption. A condescending tone. Eye-rolling....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The "stamina," the "look": A new poll suggests voters are buying in to Donald Trump's insinuations about Hillary Clinton's health. They're ignoring the medical reports....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Donald Trump blamed the moderator, a bad microphone and anyone but himself Tuesday after he was forced onto defense by Hillary Clinton's cascade of critiques about his taxes, honesty and character in the first presidential debate....
(Vatican Radio) Australia’s Catholic University has established a new scholarship to honour the memory of a 19th century Aboriginal student Francis Xavier Conaci. The university is working in partnership with the Australian embassy to the Holy See, the Benedictine community of New Norcia in Western Australia and the New Norcia Aboriginal Corporation.Listen: The initiative was launched on Saturday September 24th at the Vatican Museums, where guests were welcomed by the recently appointed, first female director Barbara Jatta. Beginning in 2017, the $3,000 scholarship will be awarded to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student, allowing them to study at the ACU Rome campus during either the summer or winter break.At the launch the Vice-Chancellor and President of the Australian Catholic University, Professor Greg Craven, said “The story of Francis Xavier Conaci provides perspective and inspiration” that can encourage everyone “to overcome fe...
