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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Dennis SadowskiKRAKOW,Poland (CNS) -- Tara Gouldring never thought of herself as a missionary toothers.But the18-year-old from Birmingham, England, decided it's not such a strange idea afterhearing Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, during a morning catecheticalsession July 28 during World Youth Day."It's inspiring to see God'smercy in so many ways and how I can bring it into my life and how (to) love peopleeven though they do you wrong," Gouldring told Catholic News Service."You can start with prayer forpeople who need help and hope to help more from there," she said.Bishop Caggiano's talk at SacredHeart of Jesus Church focused on the idea that anyone can become a missionaryof mercy by showing compassion, love and a caring attitude toward anyone who issuffering.He took the 150 young people in thechurch, most from the Archdiocese of Birmingham, England, back to the days beforehe became a priest. He was a sales representative for a maj...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesKRAKOW,Poland (CNS) -- The youthful face of God's mercy can change the hearts of peoplewho have lost hope, Pope Francis said. Ayoung person who is touched by Christ is "capable of truly great things,"the pope told thousands of young men and women July 28 at the welcomingceremony of World Youth Day in Krakow. "Todaythe church -- and I would add, the world -- looks to you and wants to learnfrom you, to be reassured that the father's mercy has an ever-youthful face andconstantly invites us to be part of his kingdom," the pope said. Arrivingat Blonia Park in his popemobile, Pope Francis was enveloped in a sea of red,yellow and blue as pilgrims donned brightly colored parkas to shield them fromthe rain. Takinghis seat on the main stage, the pope was welcomed by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwiszof Krakow and six young men and women representing Europe, Asia, North America,South America, Africa and Australia.Afterpresenting the pope with a custom pilg...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country's heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states, where authorities say they've found it mixed with or passed off as heroin....
WINSTED, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut artist's dream to honor American workers with a massive 5-stories-high mural that ties in contributions from thousands of children across the country is moving closer to reality....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The relentless series of mass killings across the globe poses a challenge for experts trying to analyze them without lapsing into faulty generalizations. Terms like contagion and copycat killing apply in some cases, not in others, they say, and in certain instances perpetrators' terrorist ideology intersects with psychological instability....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Donald Trump has refused to condemn Russia's military takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, saying if elected he would consider recognizing it as Russian territory, in the latest of a series of statements that have raised eyebrows about the Republican candidate's intentions toward the Kremlin....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- This time, Bill Clinton will be the adoring spouse, rapt and smiling when the cameras cut away from the candidate in the spotlight....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- It's Hillary Clinton's turn....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday morning celebrated Mass at the Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland, to mark the 1050th anniversary of the ‘Baptism of Poland.’Vatican Radio's Lydia O'Kane is in Poland with Pope Francis and sent this report.Listen: A sea of people stretching 7 kilometres lined the route from Czestochowa all the way to the hilltop monastery of Jasna Góra, Poland’s national shrine. Young and old had been waiting since early morning under an overcast sky to be here at this place of pilgrimage. In the grounds of the monastery itself, which houses the revered icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, pilgrims carried banners with an image of Pope Francis which read in Spanish “benvenido”. In a change to his programme, Pope Francis made the journey to Czestochowa by car instead of by helicopter to be here, and as soon as the crowds got word that he had arrived, a great applause rang out and the choir ...
(Vatican Radio) World Youth Day celebrations are underway in Krakow, with pilgrims continuing to gather in the ancient Polish city. They are participating in some of the hundreds of catechetical, spiritual, and formative programmes being offered in different languages all throughout the city in the days ahead of the culminating prayer vigil and World Youth Day Mass on Sunday.One of the lead catechists for the English-speaking pilgrims is Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Ct.Vatican Radio’s special envoy in Krakow, Lydia O’Kane, asked Bishop Caggiano about his hopes for the experience over the long term. “In many ways, World Youth Day plants a seed in the hearts of all, who attend,” he said. “That is a precious gift,” continued Bishop Caggiano. “That seed is meant to grow: that seed is meant to strengthen their faith, their hope, and their desire to love.”Click below to hear our extended conversation with Bishop F...
