DESPITE DROP IN POVERTY, ADVOCATES SAY MUCH WORK REMAINS TO LIFT UP POOR
WASHINGTON (CNS) — While 3.5 million fewer Americans were living in poverty and the median household income grew 5.2 percent in 2015, advocates maintain that there’s much more work ahead to help the...
View ArticleEXPLAINING ‘TERMINAL’ TO A CHILD
Jessie Rees was 11 years old when doctors found an inoperable tumor in her brain stem. In the months leading up to her death in 2012, friends saw Jessie change from a vibrant girl who loved swimming,...
View ArticleGET SOCIAL TO STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR FAITH
Social media, and in particular Facebook and Twitter, has changed our lives. We are connected to others like never before, thanks to the constant stream of information we receive through the news feeds...
View ArticleTARGETED CASH ASSISTANCE CAN HELP PEOPLE AVOID HOMELESSNESS, STUDY FINDS
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Small sums of financial assistance can help stabilize housing for low-income people and stave off homelessness and its slew of related social problems, a University of Notre Dame...
View ArticleMISSION SAN JUAN RAISES $550K AT DAZZLING BENEFIT GALA
On a warm Friday evening in September, more than 450 supporters of the Mission San Juan Capistrano opened their hearts and their wallets at the annual Romance of the Mission benefit gala to raise funds...
View ArticleSANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SELECTED AS A 2016-2017 MICROSOFT...
Santa Margarita Catholic High School has been named a Microsoft Showcase School for the third consecutive year. The designation recognizes the technological enhancements that facilitate learning and...
View ArticleEARTHQUAKE RELIEF EVENT TO BENEFIT PEOPLE OF AMATRICE, ITALY
On Aug. 24, the earth shook violently in Central Italy. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck, causing buildings to collapse and roofs to fall as people slept. The town of Amatrice was among the cities...
View ArticleMATER DEI’S DANIELS ON THE RISE IN FOOTBALL
Legendary former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden referred to Glades Central High School in Belle Glade, Fla., as “Speed Central” because of the athletic and fast players he frequently...
View ArticleA LOOK BACK AT POPE FRANCIS’ WHITE HOUSE ADDRESS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
A look at Pope Francis’s Sept. 23, 2015, visit to the White House, where he discussed U.S. Catholics and the importance of preserving religious liberty. “American Catholics are committed to building a...
View ArticleARCHBISHOP GOMEZ: IT’S TIME TO END THE DEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles, Calif., Sep 24, 2016 / 04:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News) – Californians should vote for Proposition 62, a ballot measure to end the death penalty, the Archbishop of Los Angeles has said in a...
View ArticleATHLETE PROFILE: LOUISE KOOIMAN
Louise Kooiman’s love for volleyball began in the fifth grade, where playing for her elementary school inspired her to take her game to the next level. “My two coaches (in elementary school)…they were...
View ArticleVATICAN REVISES NORMS FOR EXAMINING ALLEGED MIRACLES
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an effort to ensure transparency as well as historical and scientific accuracy, Pope Francis has approved revised norms for the Congregation for Saints’ Causes regarding medical...
View ArticleST. CALLISTUS TO CHRIST CATHEDRAL
At 55 years old and counting, the Garden Grove parish formerly known as St. Callistus is experiencing a rebirth. The parish, founded in 1961 with its first Mass celebrated in a roller rink, has been...
View ArticleMEET DEACON HENRY & DONNA EAGAR
YEARS MARRIED: 38 CHILDREN: 2 GRANDCHILDREN: 2 YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 3 HIS ROLE IN THE CHURCH: “I’m in charge of ‘That Man is you’ at St. Hedwig and I am also on the Finance Committee. I do Baptisms...
View ArticleEXORCIST SAYS THERE’S A DEMON THAT TARGETS THE FAMILY
Rome, Italy, Sep 24, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News) – There’s a demon that specializes in attacking the family, said exorcist César Truqui, a priest who participated in a course on exorcism held in...
View ArticleGROUP OF CATHOLIC ADVISERS NAMED FOR TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK (CNS) — The campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Sept. 22 that it has formed a group of Catholic leaders to advise him “on those issues and policies important to...
View ArticleCROSS-COUNTRY’S FRONT RUNNERS
The JSerra boys’ cross-country team made history last season when Andrew Burkhardt became the first runner from the school to win an individual state title. This fall, it appears the JSerra girls are...
View ArticleAD CAMPAIGN CITES POLL SHOWING MOST AMERICANS FAVOR ABORTION RESTRICTIONS
WASHINGTON (CNS) — March for Life Action has launched a public awareness campaign through digital and television outlets saying that candidates running for public office who promise to expand women’s...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: THERESE COUDERC
Born to a French farm family, Marie-Victoire Couderc joined a new religious teaching order, but was sent to manage a mountain hostel for women pilgrims at the shrine of St. John Francis Regis. It...
View ArticleRETIRED POPE SAYS AGING BRINGS INTENSE PRAYER, AWARENESS OF JUDGMENT
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As he prays in his house in the Vatican Gardens and, especially, as he ages, retired Pope Benedict XVI said he finds many Scripture passages “more challenging in their greatness...
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