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IMAGE: CNS photo/Octavio DuranBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Duringwhat the Roman Missal describes as the "mother of all vigils," theU.S. Catholic Church welcomed thousands of new Catholics at the Easter Vigil April15 in churches big and small across the country.About 60 of the nearly200 dioceses in the United States reported numbers of catechumens andcandidates entering the church in 2017 to the U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops in Washington.Catechumens receive thesacraments of initiation -- baptism, confirmation and first Communion -- duringthe Easter Vigil, having prepared for this moment through the Rite of ChristianInitiation of Adults. Candidates, who are already baptized, also go through thepreparation program to receive confirmation and first Communion to enter fullcommunion with the church.The Archdiocese of LosAngeles, the largest diocese in the United States, welcomed 1,756 catechumensand 938 candidates, while the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston reported 1,667catechumens and 7...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While conversion and prayer are at the heart ofMary's messages at Fatima, Portugal, the miracles and unexplained phenomenonthat accompaniedthe events 100 years ago continueto intrigue believersand nonbelievers alike. The apparitions of Mary at Fatima in 1917 were not the firstsupernatural events reported there.Twoyears before Mary appeared to the three shepherd children -- Lucia dos Santosand her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto -- they saw a strange sight whilepraying the rosary in the field, according to the memoirs of Sister Lucia, who hadbecome a Carmelite nun."We had hardly begun when, there before our eyes, wesaw a figure poised in the air above the trees; it looked like a statue made ofsnow, rendered almost transparent by the rays of the sun," she wrote, describing what theysaw in 1915. The next year, Francisco and Jacinta received permission totend their family's flocks and Lucia decided to jo...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A bit of Bavaria, including Germanbeer and pretzels, came to the Vatican to help celebrate retired Pope BenedictXVI's 90th birthday."Thank you for bringing Bavaria here," he told hisguests, commenting on the beauty of gathering together under a blue Roman skywith white clouds -- colors that "recall the white and blue flag ofBavaria" and how "it's always the same sky" no matter where onefinds oneself in the world.The Bavarian-born pope's birthday fell on Easter Sunday,April 16, so a small informal party was held April 17 outside his residence,the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican gardens. Pope Francis visited hispredecessor April 12, before the start of the Easter Triduum, to offer himbirthday greetings.Special guests at the Bavarian party included: Msgr. GeorgRatzinger, the retired pope's 93-year-old brother; Archbishop Georg Ganswein,the retired pope's personal secretary; Birgit Wansing, a longtime adm...
Adrian Gonzalez dives headfirst into home, seems to beat the tag by Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, but is called out. Safe, shout fans at Dodger Stadium who see replays on the board....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- John Glenn's trailblazing legacy took flight Tuesday as a cargo ship bearing his name rocketed toward the International Space Station....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump heads to the politically important state of Wisconsin Tuesday to sign an order aimed at curbing abuses in a visa program used by technology companies that rely on high-skilled foreign workers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some ailing veterans can now use their federal health care benefits at CVS "MinuteClinics" to treat minor illnesses and injuries, under a pilot program announced Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, police said....
Vatican Radio) “Jesus is risen!” – “He is truly risen, as he said!”Those were Pope Francis’ words as he delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message from the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica on a sunny Easter Sunday.Listen to our report: The Pope said that “by his resurrection, Jesus Christ has set us free from the slavery of sin and death, and has opened before us the way to eternal life.”In every age, the Holy Father underlined, “the Risen Shepherd tirelessly seeks us, his brothers and sisters, wandering in the deserts of this world. He goes in search of all those lost in the labyrinths of loneliness and marginalization. He takes upon himself all those victimized by old and new forms of slavery,… and takes upon himself children and adolescents deprived of their carefree innocence…”The Risen Shepherd continued Pope Francis walks beside all tho...
(Vatican Radio) Members of St Peter’s Cricket Club take off for Fatima in Portugal on Wednesday for an interfaith tournament, as well as a visit to the world famous Marian shrine.The four day sporting tour takes place just ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Fatima on May 12th and 13th to mark the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions there. St. Peter’s players, comprised of priests and seminarians studying for the priesthood in Rome, travel to Lisbon and will spend the first day at the shrine in Fatima. Throughout this third ‘Light of Faith’ tour, they’ll be hosted by the municipal council and people of Miranda do Corvo, near the historic university city of Coimbra.One of the goals of the 'Vatican' Cricket Club, established in 2013 under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for Culture, is to build bridges with people of other Christian Churches and other faith communities.Seminarian Jose Mathew from India is one of the...
