French police suspect arson was cause of fire at Nantes cathedral July 20, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News French police have opened an arson investigation into a fire at a Gothic cathedral in Nantes.
The right place at the right time July 19, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Ordinary headlights. Ordinary moths. An ordinary evening. But together they formed an extraordinary moment of wonder. As I watched, the car turned off its lights, the moths disappeared, and it was over.
Priest’s love of math, baseball helps him develop new stat measures July 19, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — WAR, what is it good for? For Edwin Starr, the answer was “absolutely nothin’” — although “somethin’” might be a better answer, since he had a No. 1 hit with the tune in 1970. But for Dominican Father Humbert Kilanowski, he’s got a different answer, because he’s asking a different question. Father […]
Monsignor Arthur W. Bastress, ‘giant’ with a ‘gentle approach,’ dies at 93 July 18, 2020By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor Arthur W. Bastress, longtime pastor of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore, died July 16. He was 93 and had celebrated 69 years as a priest; he was looking forward to 70.
Every day is different, especially when there’s homemade apple pie, and more (7 Quick Takes) July 17, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It can feel that every day is the same. But take a look at the sunset, and you can’t help but realize that each one is so different.
Baltimore Archdiocese schools share draft plan to resume in-person instruction Aug. 31 July 17, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore Department of Catholic Schools shared a draft plan with parents July 16 for the reopening of schools for in-person instruction for the 2020-21 school year. It has faculty and staff returning to campuses Aug. 24, and students returning classrooms Aug. 31.
Vatican releases guide on how leaders must handle abuse allegations July 16, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a 17-page document offering a step-by-step guide for how bishops, religious superiors and canon lawyers are supposed to handle accusations of alleged abuse by clerics against minors.
Notre Dame study examines ‘everyday’ Americans’ attitudes toward abortion July 16, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Americans participating in a study of attitudes toward abortion said they do not typically discuss it, find the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice” inadequate, and generally do not consider abortion a “desirable good” for society, according to a University of Notre Dame study.
Padre Kino, declared venerable, known as ‘patron saint of borderlands’ July 16, 2020By Tony Gutierrez Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Noting that Padre Kino is considered the “patron saint of the borderlands,” Garcia referred to him as “the voice of the underprivileged.”
An experience with racial injustice July 15, 2020By Moises Sandoval Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice “Since I am doing your work as well as mine and know everything about the accounting system, why can’t I be his boss?”
Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century July 15, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News What alarms people such as Bishop John E. Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, bishop president of Pax Christi USA, is that the threat nuclear weapons continue to pose to the world is “off the radar screen for so many people.”
Feathering a nest July 14, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Our little finch is making a nest. How does he know what to do? God must be whispering in his ear.
