Pope leads prayers for Indigenous children who died in Canadian schools June 7, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Pope Francis led hundreds of pilgrims and visitors in St. Peter’s Square in a moment of silent prayer for the Indigenous children who died in Canadian residential schools and for their grieving families.
The Visit of the Cicadas June 6, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window A poetic tribute to Brood X, the 17-year cicadas
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including new pastors and a rector for Cathedral of Mary Our Queen June 4, 2021By Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including new pastors and a rector fo the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
Citing ‘systemic failures’ in handling abuse, cardinal offers resignation June 4, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis.
Summer foods, pasta art, and partying with cicadas (7 Quick Takes) June 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It’s June, and every day I answer the question, “How many school days are left?”
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and First Friday Devotions: The Year of the Eucharist June 3, 2021By Hanael Bianchi Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Eucharist, Fertile Soil The heart is the center of our being. and the seat of our emotions and love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus symbolizes his great love for humanity.
Father Lawrence Schanberger, Baltimore native who worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, dies at 98 June 3, 2021By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Maryknoll Father J. Lawrence Schanberger, whose missionary work spanned the globe, including serving the poor of India with St. Teresa of Kolkata, died May 22
President’s daughter sees connections to Mother Seton in her life’s journey June 3, 2021By Kevin Shinkle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints “The question for me is not why I identify with Elizabeth Ann Seton, but how on earth else could I not?” Luci Baines Johnson said. “She resonates with me.”
At migration summit, bishops commit to work toward ‘church without borders’ June 3, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News “We need to evangelize our own, we really do,” said Don Kerwin, executive director of the Center for Migration Studies in New York. “Really, the whole church is not with us and we should be honest about that. We don’t need messaging as much as we need Catholics to be in communion with migrants, as many of you have talked about.
Report shows 19,000 U.S. deacons; age, retirement are factors for diaconate June 3, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: deacons, Feature, News, Vocations, World News Based on responses to a questionnaire sent to all U.S. dioceses, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates there are about 19,000 deacons in the United States today.
Movie Review: ‘Spirit Untamed’ June 3, 2021By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Visually stunning, the new feature — directed by Elaine Bogan with co-director Ennio Torresan Jr. — is also family-friendly. It can, accordingly, be recommended for all but small fry, who might find its action scenes too frightening.
Sensitive to incense/Words of consecration June 3, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the use of incense and the words of consecration.
