Report estimates 330,000 children abused in French church since 1950s October 5, 2021By Barb Fraze Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News An independent report on sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church estimates 330,000 children have been abused since the 1950s. Most of the victims were pre-adolescent boys of all social backgrounds, and more than a third of the assaults were committed by laypeople.
Leaders in religion, science unite to urge action at COP26 October 5, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The two nations co-chairing the U.N. Climate Change Conference are counting on the persuasive power and moral pull of religious leaders to help convince the world’s governments to set high standards in their commitment to mitigate climate change.
Long game: Father Watters grows Jesuit ‘ecosystem’ to encompass pre-K to high school October 4, 2021By Paul McMullen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools “Father Bill has an amazing quality,” said Earl Linehan, a parishioner of St. Ignatius who helped launch St. Ignatius Loyola Academy and is on the Board of Trustees at Cristo Rey Jesuit. “People want to help him, because there’s never anything about him in it. There’s no ego. His people have a tough time saying no because they know he’s doing good.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: The inspiring life of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos October 4, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints George Matysek talks about the inspiring life of Blessed Seelos with Redemptorist Father Richard Boever, executive director of the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in New Orleans and the author of a newly released book about Blessed Seelos.
Cut off from travel to Haiti, parishes from Baltimore archdiocese continue to help October 4, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, frustration mounts among churches physically shut off from sister parishes on the western half of the island of Hispaniola, where misery is compounded by gang violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, the assasination of President Jovenel Moïse, an earthquake, tropical storms and immigration roadblocks.
Praying with their feet: Rosary Congress kicks off with walking pilgrimage October 4, 2021By Matthew Liptak Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News Praying the rosary while walking up Charles Street from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to the Baltimore Basilica downtown, a group of 30 pilgrims set a brisk pace on their more than 4.5-mile journey between the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s co-cathedrals.
Synodal Assembly votes show Catholics support reforms in German church October 4, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The second Synodal Assembly of German Catholics ended Oct. 2 with overwhelming support for a range of proposals that, if adopted, would bring widespread reform to the church.
How I became friends with St. Francis October 3, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Sometimes we invite a new saint into our lives, but sometimes they choose us. That’s what happened with my friendship with St. Francis of Assisi.
Celebrating St. Therese, in-person school thoughts, and Instapot success (7 Quick Takes) October 1, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window October is starting with beautiful fall weather, just the way Octobers should. October also begins with the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux.
Former East Baltimore Redemptorist pastor dies at 85 October 1, 2021By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Richard Poetzel, a former pastor of his home parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at the St. John Neumann community at Stella Maris in Timonium.
Group sues Baltimore for canceling rally it planned for bishops’ assembly October 1, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021 A Catholic advocacy group known for its critical comments about Catholic leaders said Baltimore city officials violated their religious rights in denying approval for a rally it planned near the hotel where the U.S. bishops’ will meet in November.
Bishop Lewandowski calls racism the enemy of synodality October 1, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Synodality Bishop Lewandowski’s workshop focused on pastoral answers to racism. Building on the theme of the conference, “Living the synodality in Hispanic ministry,” the bishop called racism the “enemy of synodality.”
