Nearly 3,000 faithful welcome new shepherd of Louisville, Ky., Archdiocese April 1, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Nearly 3,000 people of the Archdiocese of Louisville, including hundreds of clergy and religious, welcomed their new shepherd, Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre, as he became the 10th bishop and fifth archbishop to lead the historic region of central Kentucky March 30.
Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada, promises to visit April 1, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News Expressing “sorrow and shame” for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada.
Prayer and action are essential in abortion struggle, Annapolis vigil participants say April 1, 2022By Mark Zimmermann Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life Before the Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers March 30 at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis, Wilmington Bishop William E. Koenig reflected on the importance of prayer and action in confronting abortion and promoting a culture of life.
Maryland bishops lead Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers as legislature moves on sweeping abortion measures March 31, 2022By Mark Zimmermann Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life On the evening of March 30 a few blocks from the Maryland State House, about 90 people gathered to pray for a two-fold purpose at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis at the Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers. “As people of faith and followers of Christ, we turn to prayer,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, one of five Catholic bishops serving Maryland who attended the vigil.
CCHD celebrates ‘50 years rooted in justice’ at 43rd annual Social Ministry Convocation March 31, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The Baltimore Catholic Campaign for Human Development gathered virtually for its 43rd annual archdiocesan Social Ministry Convocation March 26 with the theme “50 years of CCHD: Rooted in Justice.”
One in 10 Ukrainians is a refugee, half are children, U.N. agencies say March 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine in the past five weeks, and half of them are children, said two U.N. agencies.
Paglia: Pandemic points to urgent need to address inequality in health care March 31, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News “Serious thinking” about inequality in health care “is a task we can no longer put off,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, told a New York audience March 30.
Priest recalls saying Mass in Ukrainian church reopened after 45 years March 31, 2022By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Msgr. William Bilinsky was in Ukraine as a volunteer translator for retired New Orleans Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, the peripatetic founder of Focus TV who was interviewing Catholics behind the Iron Curtain about how they had struggled to keep the flame of faith alive during a half-century of religious oppression.
Afghan refugees find hope in Maryland March 31, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Afghan refugees have endured journeys to the United States and eventually the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where parishioners are providing material and emotional aid in helping them resettle in a new world.
Sulpician Father Peter Gray’s art deepens faith March 31, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News For Father Gray, art is his full-time ministry. He spends hours a day working on a paint-splattered kitchen table to create sacred and secular art.
Faith leaders urge senators to confirm Judge Jackson to Supreme Court March 30, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, World News Under gray skies March 30, a group of faith leaders assembled on the Supreme Court’s steps to show their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court and urge the Senate to quickly vote to confirm her.
Ukrainian archbishop tearfully recounts the horrors, heroism of war March 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With his voice often trembling and tears sliding down to his beard, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church spoke via Zoom about the death and destruction Russia is raining down on his people and his country.
