Vatican Calls for Responsibility at Global Meeting on Traffic Safety
Sunday, November 22, 2009
VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Allowing people and goods to travel more freely
on the world's streets and highways is a welcome form of progress, but
greater attention should be paid to safety and the rules of the road, a
Vatican official said.
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Africa's Catholics Hope Bishops Promote Good Governance
Sunday, November 22, 2009
LUSAKA, Zambia (CNS)—Just weeks after the conclusion of the Synod of
Bishops for Africa in Rome, Catholics across the continent said they
hope their church leaders will do more to promote good governance and
to fight corruption, HIV and AIDS, poverty and injustice.
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Monks' Thriving Coffee Business Attract Young Men to Monastery
Sunday, November 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNS)—A small Carmelite monastery in Clark, Wyo., has
seen its coffee sales take off in the last couple of years, and the
growing awareness of its coffee business has brought an added benefit
to the community—more members.
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Additional Recent News
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In an effort to understand how the church can
make better use of the Internet and its search engines and popular
social networking tools, European bishops met with representatives from
Facebook, Google, YouTube and Wikipedia.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic (CNS)—Sixteen-year-old Doralin
Pulio Valerio knows she could easily be working on the beach, but she
also knows prostitution would not be the kind of work she or her
parents could brag about.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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MAO, Dominican Republic (CNS)—Yolanda Noesi knows the path to
peace is getting along with the people who cross her path in life.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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OUANAMINTHE, Haiti (CNS)—During the afternoons before market
days, strangers begin showing up in town. Twice a week, like clockwork.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic (CNS)—His towel whips silently
around the back and over the top of a customer's shoe in a smooth,
seamless motion with a bit of a flare. Around and back, around and
back.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS)—Joy is an essential element of good spiritual
health and humor is a tool for evangelization, humility, welcoming and
healing, according to Jesuit Father James Martin.
Friday, November 20, 2009
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Friday, November 20, 2009
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