Crucifixion and need for repentance/Raising children Catholic April 27, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the crucifixion and the need for repentance, and raising children Catholic.
Nuncio tells besieged Mexican town: The church is with you April 27, 2021By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church’s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
Sister Paula Slama, D.C., who taught in Baltimore, dies at 90 April 26, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Paula Slama, a Daughter of Charity who taught and served as a docent in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died April 17 at St. Louise House in Albany, N.Y. She was 90.
‘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.
Pray, be poor, be close to the people, pope tells new priests April 26, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, Vocations, World News The priesthood “is not a career, it is a service,” Pope Francis told nine men just before ordaining them to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rome.
Gunmen in South Sudan wound bishop-designate weeks before his installation April 26, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Unidentified gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, shot him in both legs and fled, according to church news reports.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholic themes in Shakespeare April 26, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview As we commemorate the bard’s birthday in April, Christopher Gunty talks Shakespeare with Sean Lewis, associate professor of English at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, and Robert Miola, professor of English and a lecturer in classics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
The quest to be ‘somebody’ online forgets who we really are April 26, 2021By Brett Robinson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Parenting Our dignity comes from the fact that God has created us and we have a soul that is cherished by him. The fact that young people seek YouTube stardom so passionately should be a wake-up call to the church.
The cicadas are coming and other poems (7 Quick Takes) April 24, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Cicadas, Commentary, Open Window 7 poems sharing 7 topics on my mind, including the impending arrival of the cicadas
After 75-year delay, WWII veteran receives Bronze Star April 23, 2021By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News Seventy-five years after Melvin Jonczak Sr. put his life in peril in World War II, he finally received recognition for that service.
Pope celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic April 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome’s most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.
