San Francisco archbishop examines abortion, Communion in pastoral letter May 2, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics in public life.
Bishop Malooly retires in Wilmington; pope names Rockville Centre priest to succeed him April 30, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News More than two years after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware, is stepping down.
Wisconsin opens investigation of sexual abuse in the state’s five dioceses April 28, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The Wisconsin Department of Justice is opening a statewide investigation of abuse by clergy and faith leaders within the state’s five dioceses.
‘Patients are … dying in front of my eyes,’ says India hospital director April 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set records for the number of COVID-19 deaths — numbers many people believe were underreported.
‘The Way Back,’ ‘Pray,’ Dolly Parton special win Christopher Awards April 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The feature film “The Way Back,” a documentary on Father Patrick Peyton, and a Christmas special featuring Dolly Parton were among this year’s Christopher Award winners.
Seton Shrine prayer hotline spurred by pandemic is so successful, it’ll continue April 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Buoyed by dedicated staff members and seminarians from nearby Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, the Seton Shrine in the Baltimore Archdiocese created a prayer hotline last April that has proven so successful, it plans to continue well after COVID-19 has receded.
Archbishop Lori calls ruling “just” as former police officer found guilty on all three counts in death of Floyd April 20, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, World News “As citizens, we must insist on the elimination of all forms of racism in our societal structures,” Archbishop Lori said.
Pope prays newly beatified martyrs inspire greater fidelity to God April 19, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s newest blesseds are six “meek disciples of Christ,” who showed heroic courage defending the Eucharist from profanation when French troops sacked their Italian monastery in 1799 and scattered the Blessed Sacrament on the floor while searching for any valuables they could carry away, Pope Francis said.
Federal appeals court says Ohio can enforce Down syndrome abortion law April 14, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Respect Life, World News A federal appeals court April 13 upheld a 2017 Ohio law that prohibits doctors from knowingly participating performing an abortion because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
German legislators consider ending state payments to churches April 14, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Germany’s lower house of Parliament is considering replacing state payments to the nation’s two largest churches. The Catholic and Protestant churches received combined state benefits of more than $650 million in 2020.
Cardenal anuncia conferencia del Vaticano sobre sacerdocio en 2022 April 13, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Aumentar las vocaciones al sacerdocio, mejorar la forma en que los laicos y sacerdotes trabajan juntos, y garantizar que el servicio — no el poder — sea lo que motive cada petición de ordenación, pueden ser los posibles resultados de un importante simposio que está planificando el Vaticano en febrero de 2022.
Swiss-born Father Hans Küng, theologian, dies at 93 April 6, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Father Küng was one of the most outspoken Roman Catholic theologians and one of the sharpest critics of St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.
