By John Thavis – Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI welcomed the beginning of Advent with a prayer for life and a defense of the human embryo. The pope presided over an evening prayer service at the Vatican Nov. 27, part of a worldwide pro-life vigil. He said it was an [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Pope marks beginning of Advent with prayer for life
Posted in CNS, english on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
$35,000 awarded to strengthen Hispanic Ministry
Posted in english, Local on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Catholic Extension has announced it will award $35,000 to the Office of Hispanic Ministry in the Diocese of Beaumont to subsidize the salary and housing expenses of four women religious and one deacon serving five rural Hispanic communities within the diocese. The grant will also help strengthen diocesan-wide programs designed to promote the spiritual, physical [...]
Honduran cardinal says papal remarks on condoms offer teachable moment
Posted in CNS, english on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Anthony Barich Catholic News Service PERTH, Australia (CNS) — The public debate on church teaching on condoms triggered by Pope Benedict XVI’s comments in a new book is an ideal opportunity for parish priests to clarify it for the faithful from the pulpit, said the president of Caritas Internationalis. Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of [...]
Danny O’Flaherty comes to Seafarer Center
Posted in english, Local on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Port Arthur International Seafarer Center will be filled with Irish melodies Nov. 27 as Danny O’Flaherty, Celtic balladeer, takes the stage for a night of traditional Irish folk music. As the last of a generation reared in the isolation of a pure Gaelic culture, Danny’s youthrecalled the simple tradition kept alive on the rugged [...]
Catholic Cardinals give thanks: Thanksgiving celebrated at Student Center
Posted in english, Local on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The college students that frequent the Catholic Student Center at Lamar University, Beaumont, were thankful for good food and good friends Nov. 23 during the potluck lunch. Father Shane Baxter, director of campus ministry, cooked up a turkey and a ham while students brought in side dishes and desserts. The day was spent eating, talking, [...]
In new book, pope addresses sex abuse, condoms, possible resignation
Posted in CNS, english on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By John Thavis Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s book-length interview is certain to spark global attention, and not only for his comments suggesting that condom use might be acceptable in some circumstances. In the 219-page book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times,” the [...]
St. Mary, Fannett, rededicated
Posted in english, Local on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Parishioners at St. Mary, Fannett, had a lot to be thankful for Nov. 21. After more than two years Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD, rededicated the church after the parish suffered damage from Hurricane Ike in September 2008. “When we visited this parish after Ike it was heartbreaking to see it. It has been a long [...]
Highlights of 2010 USCCB fall general assembly (Nov. 18, 2010)
Posted in english, usccb on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — At the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 15-18, the bishops: – Broke with precedent to elect Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan as president rather than Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, USCCB vice president for the past three years. – Affirmed [...]
Bishops approve historic agreement with Reformed churches on baptism (Nov. 16, 2010)
Posted in english, usccb on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
BALTIMORE (CNS) — In what Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta called “a milestone on the ecumenical journey,” the U.S. Catholic bishops affirmed an agreement to recognize baptisms in four Protestant church communities. By a 204-11 vote Nov. 16 in Baltimore, the bishops approved the “Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism,” which was drawn [...]
Archbishops Dolan, Kurtz elected USCCB president, vice president (Nov. 17, 2010)
Posted in english, usccb on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — In a series of close votes, the U.S. bishops elected Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for the next three years and chose Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., as vice president. By selecting [...]
