Sessions at upcoming Tekakwitha Conference to feature healing, renewal July 10, 2023By Rebecca Omastiak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Honoring Indigenous Catholics’ spirituality and traditions, the Tekakwitha Conference July 19-23 is expected to draw hundreds of attendees from North America and beyond.
Young Catholic couple killed in school shooting inspires many in Brazil July 9, 2023By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The tragic June killing of two students in a school shooting in southern Brazil sparked outrage but also brought a young couple’s life to light, showing their devout Catholic faith.
As U.S. maternal mortality rises, pro-life leaders call for ‘Care for Her Act’ July 7, 2023By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The proposed “Care for Her Act” promises to provide what its title suggests: support for women, specifically pregnant and parenting women.
Pope appoints hundreds to attend Synod of Bishops on Synodality July 7, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has appointed more than 450 participants, including dozens of religious men and women and laypeople from around the world, to attend the first general assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in October.
Sisters’ ‘Soul Box’ exhibit provides solace to families of victims slain by gun violence July 7, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News For the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offering well-intentioned “thoughts and prayers” to grieving families after every mass shooting is sometimes not enough.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Grief Ministry responds to mass shooting in Brooklyn July 6, 2023By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Grief Ministry is working to help the families affected by the July 2 mass shooting in the South Baltimore community of Brooklyn that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi and 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez. Twenty-eight others were injured in the shooting, which happened during a block party.
New prefect affirms natural truth about marriage, condemns polarization July 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage is anything other than a sacramental bond between one man and one woman, the incoming prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said.
Russia launches ‘barbaric attack’ on civilians near Ukrainian Catholic University July 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News A Catholic university community in western Ukraine is reeling from a July 6 missile attack on the city of Lviv, located less than 50 miles from the Polish border.
‘The Ark and The Dove’ podcast explores racism and Black experience in Catholic Church July 6, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Taking its name from the two companion ships that brought English Catholic settlers to Maryland in 1634, the four-episode podcast features interviews with clergy and subject-matter experts as it examines the roles and experiences of Black Catholics in the church, and America as a whole.
Catholic leaders call for prayer, action after wave of July 4 holiday shootings across US July 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic leaders throughout the country are calling for prayer and action after gun violence scarred the July 4 holiday weekend in several states.
Knights of Columbus council awards five endowed scholarships July 6, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Schools Five Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are establishing new endowed scholarships thanks to a $250,000 donation from the Knights of Columbus Notre Dame Council 2901.
Freedom of expression must never be an excuse to despise others, pope says July 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Any book that is considered sacred by its people must be respected out of respect for the human person who holds it sacred, Pope Francis said.