More than 300 people were drawn to the first-ever fine art exhibit featuring the works of women religious and clergy of the Diocese of Tucson on Sept. 17 in the parish hall of St. Augustine Cathedral. Among the works displayed by 21 artists at the Sonoran Spirit Fine Art Exhibit were photographs taken by Bishop [...]
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans has received the largest single grant in its history — $15 million from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation — to oversee a collaborative of nonprofit organizations that will provide direct assistance, counseling and job force training to coastal Louisiana fishing families affected by [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging priests across the country to preach about “the terrible toll the current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities.” In a letter to his fellow bishops, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he was writing at the recommendation [...]
The October issue features a story and illustration about “a beautiful work of sacred art” that will be created in the vestibule of St. Augustine Cathedral by artist John Alan, who is extending his efforts already apparent inside and outside the Cathedral. A massive mural will grace the vestibule walls and ceiling, providing a special visual effect [...]
San Francisco de Asís quiso poner énfasis en su decisión de seguir a Cristo y vivir con sencillez y en pobreza. Para San Francisco toda la creación era un espejo que daba una reflexión al poder, sabiduría y bondad de Dios. San Francisco quiso alcanzar a Dios con su modo de vivir como una familia [...]
If we form our image of the world by looking at greeting cards, then autumn is a time of changing leaves, pumpkins and harvesting golden fields of summer wheat. In Arizona autumn is a time of, well, more summer. There is an apparent conflict between what our expectations tell us should be happening, and what [...]
What could be dangerous about using the “social media” like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter? I mean, Pope Benedict XVI is tweeting, for goodness sake! That’s exactly my point: when used for goodness sake, the social media can be fun and can help us keep connected with friends and family. But, there is a dark side [...]
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — A Catholic priest in southeastern Mexico — known for his outspoken defense of undocumented Central Americans arriving from neighboring Guatemala — was detained for several hours and threatened by soldiers and state police. Father Tomas Gonzalez, pastor of the Crucified Christ Parish in Tenosique, near the lawless Peten region of Guatemala, [...]
By CAROL GLATZ Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has made the dangers of secularism a major theme of his pontificate. And it’s a battle both sides take seriously. On the one hand, the Pope warns that societies without the moorings of Christian values will be lost at sea, unaware of or [...]
Hace muchos años, Dios convocó a los animales y al hombre a una reunión. Había en ella un ejemplar de cada especie. Después de escuchar sus quejas, Dios le preguntó a uno por uno: ¿Entonces, que es lo que te gustaría ser? Todos respondieron sin tapujos. La jirafa dijo que le gustaria ser un oso [...]