Tra-la, it’s May, and it’s a bit much May 12, 2021By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Everything bursts into bloom in the spring. The grass is greener, the bushes are bursting with color, and buttercups are popping up on the neighborhood lawns. It’s such a beautiful time of abundance. Much as I love spring, though, I also find it to be tiring. May always seems to be the busiest month of […]
With book launch, Jesuits prepare to celebrate Ignatian Year May 12, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The roughly 15,000 members of the Society of Jesus, their collaborators and many people who draw on the spiritual heritage left by St. Ignatius of Loyola are preparing to mark a special Ignatian Year beginning May 20 and lasting until the saint’s feast day, July 31, 2022.
Baltimore has strong presence in Church’s anti-poverty program giving the poor a voice May 12, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore “We know that charity is fine. It answers immediate needs. But to change the situation in which people find themselves impoverished is the ultimate goal. That’s what CCHD does,” Monsignor Burke said.
My little friend Sam May 11, 2021By Effie Caldarola Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey Why did so many people want to eat with Jesus? Not because he was a dour, intense lecturer, but probably because he was a great conversationalist and debater. And where better to engage in a debate about Scripture, law and current events than around a dinner table?
La Arquidiócesis lanza el Año de la Eucaristía para ayudar a “encontrar la presencia de Cristo” May 11, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español La Arquidiócesis de Baltimore está lanzando un año—desde la fiesta de Corpus Christi, el 6 de junio de este año, hasta la misma fiesta en 2022—para ayudar a los católicos a enfocarse en la presencia real de Cristo en la Eucaristía. El Año de la Eucaristía, con el tema “Encuentro con la presencia de Cristo”, […]
Fifty years a priest May 11, 2021By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Wit & Wisdom I invite you to celebrate this anniversary of my ordination by inviting God into the silence of your life, by reading the Scriptures and sharing in the Eucharist.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including new pastors and administrators May 11, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including new pastors.
Being a catechist is a vocation, pope says in establishing formal ministry May 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Calling for formal recognition of “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis,” Pope Francis has instituted the “ministry of catechist.”
Indiana court dismisses former-Catholic high school teacher’s lawsuit May 11, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News An Indiana trial court May 7 dismissed the lawsuit of a former Catholic high school teacher in Indianapolis who said he was fired in 2019 because of his same-sex marriage.
Cardinal Ladaria cautions U.S. bishops on politicians and Communion May 10, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has urged the U.S. bishops to proceed with caution in their discussions about formulating a national policy “to address the situation of Catholics in public office who support legislation allowing abortion, euthanasia or other moral evils.”
Catholic actors Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson begin film on priest’s life May 10, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Filming has begun on “Stu,” which tells the story of a Father Stuart Long, a onetime boxer who became a priest and died in 2014.
Vatican dicastery forms working group on ‘excommunication of mafias’ May 10, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Marking the beatification of an Italian judge murdered by the Mafia, a Vatican office announced the formation of a working group on “the excommunication of mafias.”
