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Danny Kirby, a student, reacts to the phone of Mary Margaret Galvin, a mentor and student at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Faith formation class focuses on children with special needs

Emily Rosenthal Alster
May 6, 2019
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“I just feel like they deserve to have sacraments and a relationship with Jesus like everyone else,” said Michele Poligardo, the CCASTA administrator for religious education. “These students with special needs are encountering Jesus through their teens (mentors) and through the acceptance and love they find in this program, and that’s what religious education should be – a way for our students to encounter a loving, forgiving God.”

A soldier keeps guard as nuns walk out of St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 30, 2019. Catholic leaders canceled Sunday Masses as Sri Lanka’s churches remained closed for a second week for fear of new terrorist attacks after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people. (CNS photo/Danish Siddiqui, Reuters)

Churches in Sri Lanka closed for second week in fear of new attacks

Catholic News Service
May 6, 2019
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Catholic leaders canceled Sunday Masses as Sri Lanka’s churches remained closed for a second week for fear of new terrorist attacks after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people.

Pope Francis gives first Communion to children during a Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Rakovski, Bulgaria, May 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

After offering instruction, pope gives first Communion to 245 children

Cindy Wooden
May 6, 2019
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In the Catholic heart of Bulgaria, Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for 245 children receiving their first Communion and thanked them for helping him, their parents and grandparents remember their own first Communion.

Pope Francis welcomes 23 new recruits to the Swiss Guard May 4, 2019, at the Vatican as well as their family members. The pope encouraged the new recruits to be holy and a source of encouragement and inspiration to others during their service. The values they learn by living in military barracks, such as understanding diversity, dialogue and loyalty will serve them well in life, he told them. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Barracks life teaches diversity is not a threat, pope tells Swiss Guard

Carol Glatz
May 6, 2019
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Life in a military barracks — with so many different people living in such close proximity — teaches much needed social, spiritual and ethical values, Pope Francis told new recruits to the Swiss Guard.

Sister Ines Arciniegas, a Consolata Missionary Sister from Colombia, holds a baby during a visit to Warao indigenous refugees in Boa Vista, Brazil, April 2, 2019. The refugees come from Venezuela, and are living in a park they occupied. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Fearful Venezuelan migrants find warm welcome from church in Brazil

Barbara J. Fraser
May 4, 2019
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The border between Venezuela and Brazil has been closed since Feb. 22, but hundreds of Venezuelan migrants still stream across daily, seeking refuge from a worsening political and economic crisis.

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