Catholic News You Need to Know Today - Friday, November 7, 2014

Catholic News You Need to Know Today - Friday, November 7, 2014

“Cardinal remembers Menino at All Souls Mass”, The Pilot

While hundreds were standing in line at Boston’s Faneuil Hall to pay respects to former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, hundreds of others were gathered at the Cathedral the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End to pray for his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed.

Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley celebrated the Mass for All Souls Day, Nov. 2, at which Catholics remember and pray for all those who have died. Despite the cold rain that mixed with the season’s first wet snowflakes, an estimated 400 worshipers including Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh gathered at the cathedral for the Mass, which was offered for Menino and his family.

“‘Culture of encounter’ crucial in aiding poor”, Our Sunday Visitor

From Nov. 5–9, leaders from Catholic charities were set to discuss the “culture of encounter” preached by Pope Francis and how the pope’s apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”) highlights the Church’s mission of charity.

The International Leaders Forum, held at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, was organized by Cross Catholic Outreach, a Florida-based relief organization, and Caritas in Veritate International, a confederation of Catholic institutions that recruits and mobilizes volunteers. James Cavnar, Cross Catholic Outreach’s president, talked about the forum and the relationship between helping the poor and evangelization.

“God goes to the limit–not halfway–to save sinners, Pope says”, Catholic News Agency

In his homily on Thursday Pope Francis condemned those who are afraid “to dirty their hands” by welcoming sinners, and encouraged all to imitate Jesus – who gave everything in search of the lost. “God is a Father and He goes to the very end to save us, to the limit. This is God’s love,” the Pope told those gathered in the Vatican’s Saint Martha house for his Nov. 6 daily mass.