Catholic Review launches new user-friendly, news-focused website July 23, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “We are proud that we break news about our Catholic community well before it is reported in the major daily newspaper or by other media outlets,” Matysek said.
Accountability in the Church: A message from Archbishop Lori July 23, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori sent the following message to the people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore July 23, 2020.
‘Our most tragic time’: Felician sisters bear loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 July 23, 2020By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Seniors, World News And in one awful month — from Good Friday, April 10, to May 10 — 12 sisters died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Eighteen other Felician sisters at the convent in Livonia had the illness as well.
New accusation surfaces against former U.S. prelate McCarrick July 23, 2020By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: McCarrick Report, News, World News A firm that has filed previous legal complaints against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and church entities added another complainant July 21 against the defrocked prelate, leveling a new accusation that he allegedly abused its new client as a boy at a beach house in Sea Girt, New Jersey, in the early 1980s.
When your life is an episode of “The Floor Is Lava” July 22, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window If you’ve seen “The Floor Is Lava” on Netflix, you know how it works. A team of friends or family members races to get across an obstacle course decorated like a household room, working together and trying not to fall into the red liquid floor. Fall into the lava, and you’re out of the game. […]
Still so much good July 22, 2020By Suzanna Molino Singleton Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Snippets of Faith As we are bombarded with the unwelcome news, let’s not inhale and hold in its negativity.
Vatican denies involvement in decision to exhume former Spanish dictator July 22, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The Vatican distanced itself again from any involvement in the Spanish government’s decision to exhume the remains of the country’s late dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
St. Jane Frances in Pasadena transitioning to preschool July 22, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Schools A plunge in enrollment linked to the coronavirus pandemic means that St. Jane Frances School in Pasadena will transition from a pre-K3 through grade 8 school to a preschool serving 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds for the 2020-21 school year. Parents of students and parish families were informed in a letter dated July 9 from Monsignor […]
Senior judge joins Independent Review Board to assist archdiocese with abuse policies July 22, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News As a retired judge for the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Alexander Wright Jr. has tried cases and reviewed and written court opinions involving cases of abuse of children
From a distance, young adult missioners continue support of Haiti July 21, 2020By Daniel Zawodny Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, Missions, News After hearing how the coronavirus pandemic has affected communities across Haiti, young parishioners from the Archdiocese of Baltimore rallied their former mission group for a fundraiser.
Baltimore ordinand’s education includes Calvert Hall, Loyola U, Mount seminary July 21, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “He’s not one of those guys who thinks he’s got it all figured out,” said Monsignor Michael Heintz, academic dean and director of intellectual formation at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg. “He’s intelligent, and smart enough to know that he doesn’t know everything.”
Pope makes surprise visit to summer camp for kids of Vatican employees July 21, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis wanted the summer program to support employees with families given the ongoing restrictions and fewer organized summer activities available during the global pandemic.
