RADIO INTERVIEW: A practical guide for raising families August 22, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Kristen Fisher shares how every person has a deep desire and pattern of preference for either beauty, truth or goodness.
Service is a calling for all, not a select few, pope says August 22, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Jesus’ image of entering the kingdom of heaven through a “narrow gate” does not mean that “only a few are destined to go through it” but instead means living “one’s life in love, in service, and in giving oneself as he did,” the pope said during his Sunday Angelus address.
Archbishop William Lori announces clergy appointments, including two deacon retirements August 22, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William Lori announced clergy appointments for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, including two deacon retirements.
Center begun with CCHD grant helps workers deal with pandemic, #MeToo issues August 20, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News As the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic bishops, CCHD says one of its central beliefs is “that those who are directly affected by unjust systems and structures have the best insight into knowing how to change them.”
Movie Review: ‘Beast’ August 19, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews A quartet’s initially enjoyable excursion into the wilderness suddenly turns perilous when they run afoul of the predator from whom the movie takes its title.
Monsignor Auer remembered as a steady, loving presence with a sense of fun August 19, 2022By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor John J. Auer died Aug. 14. He was 92.
Federal judge rules Baltimore-based CRS must pay health benefits for spouse of gay employee August 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has ruled that Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief and development agency, must offer health care coverage to the spouses of gay employees as long as the employees’ jobs are nonreligious in nature.
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by Orthodox church fire August 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis offered prayers and condolences to the victims of a fire in an Orthodox Church that took the lives of 41 people — including 18 children — who died in a fire in Egypt’s capital, Cairo.
In predawn raid, Nicaraguan police remove bishop; his whereabouts unknown August 19, 2022By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Police raided the curia in the predawn hours of Aug. 19 and took Bishop Rolando Álvarez, according to a social media statement from the Diocese of Matagalpa.
Pilgrims, including Maryland family, walk ‘in the footsteps’ of Blessed Michael McGivney August 18, 2022By Andrew Fowler Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Saints On Aug. 13, 50 pilgrims — composed of religious, families and others — who visited sites of significance in the life and spiritual formation of Blessed McGivney in Waterbury and Thomaston, Conn.
Path of peace: Shadow of war looms over pope’s Kazakhstan visit August 18, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News While the purpose of Pope Francis’ visit to Kazakhstan will be to attend the Congress of World and Traditional Religions, the interreligious meeting also will serve as the backdrop for his long-awaited meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.
Idaho Supreme Court upholds state law banning most abortions August 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Idaho Supreme Court Aug. 12 upheld a state law that bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. The law will take effect Aug. 25.
