Glory Restored: Local Knights of Columbus refurbish historic African American cemetery February 9, 2021By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Racial Justice Seeing the Ellsworth Cemetery – a place of historic racial significance in Carroll County – in such a state of disarray did not sit well with Thomas Greul. He saw a wrong that needed to be righted, and got to work.
Bill would block taxpayer funding of abortion, make Hyde Amendment permanent February 9, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dinner Party with the Saints February 9, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Christopher Gunty speaks with author Woodeene Koenig-Bricker about her new book, “Dinner Party with the Saints.”
California bishops welcome court’s ruling easing worship restrictions February 9, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News Two California Catholic bishops applauded the Supreme Court’s Feb. 5 ruling easing the state’s restrictions on indoor worship put in place with the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Catholic call for unity February 9, 2021By Hanael Bianchi Filed Under: Commentary, Fertile Soil A call for unity without truth is the tool of con artists. Instead, unity must be based on the word of God, the sword which Jesus brings.
Catholic High enables uninterrupted learning February 8, 2021By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Looking back at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Catholic High School of Baltimore was in a stronger position than most when it came to carrying out its mission amid social distancing measures and shutdown orders issued in March 2020.
Florida bishop and Catholic school win Super Bowl food wager February 8, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Catholics in St. Petersburg, Florida, will need to get their napkins ready because some barbecue from Kansas City, Missouri, is coming their way.
Al nombrar subsecretarios para el sínodo, el papa da voto a una mujer February 8, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español La hermana misionera Xaviere, Nathalie Becquart, no será la primera mujer subsecretaria de una oficina importante del Vaticano, pero si será la primera mujer con derecho a voto en una reunión del Sínodo de los Obispos.
Dioceses dispute conclusions, methods of AP report on pandemic funding February 8, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News U.S. dioceses are crying foul over an investigative report on coronavirus relief funding they say grossly mischaracterized the Catholic Church’s finances and unrestricted cash flows, leaving the crass impression the church used the 2020 CARES Act to hoard cash.
Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote February 8, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will not be the first woman undersecretary of a major Vatican office, but she will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops.
A winter walk with friends February 6, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Yesterday, many, many months since our last visit together, my friends and I decided to get together for a walk.
Winter beauty, food and fun (7 Quick Takes) February 6, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ A few months ago, my husband installed Christmas lights on our back deck. We have always admired our neighbors’ string of multicolored lights on their back deck. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I look out our bedroom window and see theirs and think how cheerful and friendly they are. […]
