Thieves steal cash, financial papers from Colombian bishops’ conference March 31, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Using guns and dressed as police, a group of thieves broke into the Colombian bishops’ conference headquarters in Bogota and took a safe that contained cash, checkbooks and deeds to bank accounts that the church uses to finance programs for the poor.
Vatican sanctions retired Polish bishops over abuse cover-up March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican has imposed sanctions on two Polish Catholic bishops, who resigned in 2020 after being accused of ignoring sexual abuse by their clergy.
Suicide bomb attack disrupts Palm Sunday Mass at Indonesian cathedral March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A suicide bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral compound shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people wounded.
New Staten Island Ferry vessel to be named for Catholic Worker co-founder March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced March 25 that one of the three new Staten Island Ferry boats transporting people between Staten Island and lower Manhattan will be named for Catholic Worker Movement co-founder Dorothy Day, whose sainthood cause is being considered by the Vatican.
Artist calls painting portrait of pope ‘a spiritually rewarding experience’ March 25, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Perez got the commission, did some quick and intense research on the nonprofit and Pope Francis, brainstormed with McGrory, and came up with a concept meant to convey the pope’s loving concern for the poor throughout the world: He would paint the pope in the company of Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi and people of different ages and ethnic groups.
Pope names Chilean survivor to Commission for the Protection of Minors March 25, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse by a notorious Chilean priest, to be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Boulder officer recalled as ‘man of character,’ ‘loving father’ March 24, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Officer Eric Talley, an 11-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department, was the first to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store the afternoon of March 22 and the first of 10 to be killed.
Ramblers’ celebrated chaplain has big fan base in Los Angeles Archdiocese March 23, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, World News By her own admission, “Sister Jean 101” could be the name of an introductory course taught at the Loyola University Chicago these days.
El Papa pide a los católicos que ‘vayan con José’, busquen su guía March 19, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español En San José, “vemos nuestra historia”, dijo el arzobispo de Los Ángeles, José H. Gómez, el 19 de marzo, la fiesta del esposo de María y el padre adoptivo de Jesús.
Abuse report exonerates Cologne cardinal, incriminates Hamburg archbishop March 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News A much-anticipated report on the handling of abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Cologne exonerates Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki but incriminates Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse and Cologne Auxiliary Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp.
Mount St. Mary’s seminarian is at NCAA men’s basketball tourney as a team chaplain March 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Vocations Deacon Austin Bosse won’t be shooting three-point shots or dunking. But he is a vital and senior member of the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, winners of the Northeast Conference tournament and a No. 16 seed in the tournament’s East Regional.
John Magufuli, Tanzanian president who downplayed COVID-19, dies at 61 March 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Magufuli had downplayed the severity of the coronavirus, keeping the country open while others announced curfews and lockdowns. Last June, he declared the country was free of the virus, attributing the result to Christian and Muslim prayers.
