Baltimore takes lead role as SEEK24 Conference ignites spiritual growth January 9, 2024By Adriana Montes Catholic Review Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry SEEK24 took center stage in downtown St. Louis Jan. 1-5, attracting more than 20,000 attendees from the Catholic Church, with the Archdiocese of Baltimore taking a leading role and securing its position as the largest sending diocese on the East Coast.
Vatican publishes list of upcoming papal liturgies January 9, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As soon as the liturgies of the Christmas season ended, the Vatican published the calendar of public liturgies Pope Francis will preside over in January and February.
Seek the City workshop focuses on improving community service January 9, 2024By Adriana Montes Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come A diverse assembly of parishioners from Baltimore and Maryland united at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Northwood Jan. 7 for the Seek the City Visioning Workshop to participate in shaping the future of the Catholic community.
USCCB affirms pope’s description of surrogacy as turning a child into ‘an object of trafficking’ January 9, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pope Francis told diplomats Jan. 8 that he finds surrogacy “deplorable” and would like to see the practice universally banned.
‘Come and help us!’ German bishop tells young Catholics at SEEK24 January 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry Addressing a room crowded with several hundred university students, Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau, Germany, discussed a wide range of topics with attendees during an open question-and-answer session held during the SEEK24 conference in St. Louis.
Congressional lawmakers release funding framework to avoid shutdown January 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Congressional lawmakers Jan. 7 released the framework for a nearly $1.7 trillion agreement to fund the federal government in 2024, keeping funding intact for some domestic and social safety net programs despite demands from some Republicans to trim the budget.
Epiphany highlights Ukrainians’ fight for ‘movement toward freedom,’ says archbishop January 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the feast of the Epiphany highlights Ukrainians’ fight for “something new: the movement toward freedom,” said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Franciscan Father Joachim Giermek, 118th successor of St. Francis of Assisi, dies at 80 in Ellicott City January 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father Joachim Anthony Giermek, only the third Friar from the United States to serve as minister general of the Conventual Franciscans, died Jan. 5 in Ellicott City. The member of the Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province and former teacher at Archbishop Curley High School in Northeast Baltimore was 80.
Vatican doctrine official says priestly celibacy should be optional January 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church should revise its celibacy requirement for Latin-rite priests, a senior official in the Vatican’s doctrinal office said.
Faith is a gift to celebrate, pope says as he baptizes babies January 8, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In the Sistine Chapel, where popes are elected, Pope Francis baptized 16 infants, who, he said, “give us the witness of how to receive the faith: with innocence and with an open heart.”
Pope to diplomats: End savagery of war with dialogue, human rights January 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Accountability News Releases, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called on the international community to ban surrogate pregnancy, calling it “deplorable” and a “grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs.”
Radio Interview: Catholic Relief Services and Global Emergencies January 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Caroline Brennan, emergency communications director for Catholic Relief Services about the urgent crisis in the Holy Land, especially Gaza, as well as other regions affected by drought, famine and conflict that we don’t hear much about on the daily news.
