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Bishop’s pastoral visit to inmates part of Year of Mercy outreach
As part of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Bishop Ricken celebrated Mass Nov. 2 for inmates at Redgranite Correctional Institution, a medium security adult male correctional institution located in the village of Redgranite, about 80 miles southwest of Green Bay.
‘Faith is touchstone of everything’ CRS does, says agency’s outgoing CEO
Carolyn Woo, who is retiring at the end of the year, reminded the bishops that CRS, based in Baltimore, is very complex and very large. "We serve 100 million people in your name in 100 countries, in some of the most difficult places."
Archbishop Chaput’s remarks to CNS about ‘Amoris Laetitia’ and its implementation
Archbishop Charles Chaput was asked about critical remarks by Cardinal-designate Kevin Farrell on how dioceses implemented Amoris Laetitia. The article by Catholic News Service contained a portion of his responses. The CNS article and the full text of the Archbishop’s responses can be found below.
Pope asks business leaders to take a risk on using money for good
Money is not morally neutral -- it is used either for good or for evil, Pope Francis told Catholic business owners.
Pope, Iraqi-born Catholicos pray for an end to unjustifiable violence
Terrible violence that "no reason can justify or allow" continues to "wash over hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women and men," he told Catholicos Gewargis III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
Becoming cardinal is call to share mercy, cardinal-designate says
Being created a cardinal in the Year of Mercy brings with it an obligation to continue to proclaim and share God's mercy with others, said Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin.
Georgetown University’s Religious Freedom Project marks six years
All Americans should be "rooting" for President-elect Donald Trump's "success and personal flourishing," U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse said at a religious liberty conference at Georgetown University.
Power struggle in Syria is ‘workshop of cruelty,’ pope says
"I believe the greatest illness of today is cardiac sclerosis," he said Nov. 17, implying a kind of hardening of the heart that renders a person unable to feel compassion or be moved by another's suffering.
Diocese hosts marathon reading of Bible as way to close Year of Mercy
The Bible is to be read publicly cover to cover without pause starting Nov. 17 at 6 a.m. (local time) and ending on Christ the King Sunday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. local time.
At teach-in, social justice advocates challenged to put mercy in action
More than 2,000 people gathered at the 19th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, hosted by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, to learn about social justice issues, share their stories and advocate for the marginalized from a Catholic perspective.