Cardinal Dolan’s prayer opens Republican National Convention August 25, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan thanked God for living in a country that respects religious freedom and prayed for people battling COVID-19 and those caring for them, the unborn, the elderly, immigrants and refugees during the opening evening of the Republican National Convention.
Sister Margaret St. Hugh Keenan, O.S.F., taught in Baltimore August 25, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Aug. 19 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Margaret St. Hugh Keenan. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 69 years, she died Aug. 13, at age 90.
Priest said finding out his baptism, ordination were invalid was a blessing in disguise August 24, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, World News While Father Hood has now received his sacraments — he was baptized, confirmed and received the Eucharist on Aug. 9 and was ordained a transitional deacon Aug. 15 and a priest on Aug. 17 — his bigger concern now is those who received their sacraments from him, or thought they did.
‘Moby-Dick’ and the online search for identity August 24, 2020By Brett Robinson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized A million comments and tweets appear every second seeking attention, a kindred spirit, a witness. Each communique from the keyboard of users worldwide is one more shout into the abyss waiting for an echo of acknowledgment.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dick Lyles discusses the making of the movie, ‘Fatima’ August 24, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Christopher Gunty talks with Dick Lyles, one of the producers of the movie, “Fatima,” about the challenges of the project and the blessings that have come from it already.
Detroit priest’s invalid baptism had ripple effect, archdiocese says August 24, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, World News The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.
Charity is path to perfection when done for Jesus, pope says August 24, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Christian charity is not simple philanthropy but, on the one hand, it is looking at others through the eyes of Jesus himself and, on the other hand, seeing Jesus in the face of the poor,” the pope said.
Planned Parenthood drops suit against Indiana abortion law on ultrasounds August 24, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ending three years of legal dueling, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced Aug. 20 that Planned Parenthood has conceded defeat in a lawsuit that challenged a state law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion.
Emotions run high as Baltimore Archdiocese ordains five to priesthood August 22, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Video, Vocations Archbishop William E. Lori ordained five men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Fathers Zachary Crowley, Brendan Fitzgerald, Justin Gough, Evan Ponton and Jeremy Smith.
Birds on the nest and end-of-summer fun (7 Quick Takes) August 21, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The birds are taking such meticulous care of their eggs, and then the next thing we know the egg is broken on the cage floor.
Monsignor Paul Byrnes, ‘super pastor’ to Western Maryland, dies at 84 August 21, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate Monsignor Paul Byrnes, who was known for years as the “super pastor” of Western Maryland, died Aug. 19 at his home along Deep Creek Lake. He was 84.
In new term, Supreme Court once again takes up religious liberty August 21, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News As part of what seems to be a new trend for the Supreme Court, it will once again take up a religious liberty case in its new term with oral arguments Nov. 4 in a case about a Catholic social service agency excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.
