Autumn: Patience and promise amid the change October 28, 2020By Mike Nelson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary For me, patience and promise summarize the season of autumn, the term I prefer to fall, since it connotes a year’s “passing” rather than its “decline.” It’s a season I have long regarded with both joy and sadness.
Pope calls for Poland to protect life amid protests over abortion law October 28, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News As protests against a near-total ban on abortions gripped Poland, Pope Francis urged the people of the country to defend life.
A divided Europe cannot stand; solidarity needed, pope says October 27, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Europeans must not see their rich history simply as a fond memory of a time long gone, but they must look to it as a guide to overcoming divisions and challenges aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis said.
‘Catholic’ Bible vs. King James /General absolution during COVID-19? October 27, 2020By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about the “Catholic” and King James bibles and general absolution during COVID-19.
At police reform forum, Archbishop Lori explains why Catholics must embrace racial justice October 27, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Urban Vicariate, Video Archbishop William E. Lori spoke forcefully in favor of police reform, addressing head-on why the Archdiocese of Baltimore has taken such an active role in supporting recent demonstrations on policing and racial justice.
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court October 27, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, World News A divided Senate, in a 52-48 vote, confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice for the Supreme Court the evening of Oct. 26 and soon afterward she was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at a White House ceremony.
My cup of beads: A reflection on race October 26, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Racial Justice “Picture your doctor,” the instructor says. “Pick a bead that represents their race and put it in your cup.”
Evangelization, Mary integral to renewal at Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference October 26, 2020By Lily Gretz Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Participants at the Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference included many who were grateful for the retreat from quarantine life.
Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions October 26, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.
Historic church called gift of faith from ‘incredibly brave’ Maryland colonists October 26, 2020By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The church is near the cradle of U.S. Catholicism, a few miles from St. Clement’s Island, where Jesuit Father Andrew White celebrated the first Mass in the English-speaking colonies March 25, 1634, after colonists from England made landfall there.
Archbishop Lori will assist at Father McGivney’s beatification Oct. 31 October 26, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Radio Interview With Venerable Father Michael McGivney, the parish priest who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882, to be beatified Oct. 31 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford, Conn., Archbishop William E. Lori was looking forward to witnessing history and honoring the man he referred to as “the parish priest of my soul.”
Polish bishops decry disruption of Masses over court’s abortion ruling October 26, 2020By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Poland’s bishops’ conference decried attacks on churches by demonstrators protesting a near-total ban on abortions by the country’s Constitutional Court and urged restraint from violence and dialogue.
