Catholic prayer, meditation app Hallow sees huge increase in popularity August 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News When the developers of the Catholic meditation app Hallow launched it in 2018, they hoped to attract young Catholics, but what is now the country’s No. 1 Catholic app has a bigger reach than that.
In planning Jan. 29 March for Life, officials mindful of health safeguards August 2, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News March for Life is, at its core, a bus event for college and high school groups, and restrictions on that kind of travel are still an unknown factor.
Disappearance of Chinese bishop is subject of congressional hearing August 2, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Congress, World News “We are saddened by the recent reports that Bishop Su may have died during his recent imprisonment,” said Nury Turkel, a Uighur American who is a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, in testimony during the hearing. Bishop Su, if he is alive, would be 88 years old.
Jesuit superior warns of pandemic’s threat to democracy July 31, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Human lives and jobs are not the only things threatened by the coronavirus pandemic: In many countries, democracy and efforts to build a more just world also are under attack, said Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.
Faith leaders criticize Trump’s plan to reject new DACA applicants July 31, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Faith leaders and immigrant advocates have denounced the Trump administration’s plan to reject first-time applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, and limit DACA renewals to one-year extensions instead of two.
Camp GLOW remains an anchor, even online July 31, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Disabilities Ministry, Feature, Local News, News COVID-19 made in-person camp for adults with physical or developmental disabilities, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, too risky, according to Deacon Bill Fleming, its director. An alternative, an online camp, has received an enthusiastic response.
Sister M. Isabel Schratwieser, IHM, dies at 97 July 31, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister M. Isabel Schratwieser, 97, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died July 16 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton.
New archdiocesan online learning program helps stave off ‘summer slide’ July 30, 2020By Karen Sampson Hoffman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools A new summer learning program in the Archdiocese of Baltimore aims to prevent the educational slide that normally comes during summer vacation, and has been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.
Good films about the ‘Good War’: A viewer’s guide to WWII movies July 30, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Catholic News Service provides capsule reviews about movies on the Second World War.
U.S. data group: China hacked computers of Vatican, other church entities July 29, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organizations in May.
Deacon Stine dies at 85; he and wife were part of fabric of Harford County parish July 29, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries “He was a very gentle gentleman,” said Father Charles M. Wible. “He had a wonderful approach to people, and a great sense of humor.”
Notre Dame won’t host Sept. 29 presidential debate; venue moves to Ohio July 29, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Coronavirus, News, World News The University of Notre Dame has withdrawn as the host site for the first presidential debate, with its president saying the health precautions required because of COVID-19 “would have greatly diminished the educational value” of having the debate on campus.
