Grievance and Civil Rights August 5, 2020By John Walsh Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice We must reset our bearings as a nation so that our collective future is not just whatever happens next but a conscious pursuit of our national credo: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
GIVEN, Baltimore Archdiocese host prescreening of ‘Fatima’ despite incoming storm August 5, 2020By Rus VanWestervelt Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News The event, coordinated by Rachel Harkins Ullmann, GIVEN’s executive director, sold out in 48 hours to local parishioners and families from as far as Washington, D.C.
Maryland governor overturns directive delaying school opening August 5, 2020By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Washington and its Catholic Schools Office hailed the Aug. 3 emergency order by Maryland’s governor to override a Montgomery County Health Department blanket directive that would have kept nonpublic schools from reopening for in-person instruction through at least Oct. 1.
Explosion in Beirut adds suffering to Lebanon’s dire situation August 5, 2020By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Hospitals in the Lebanese capital are overwhelmed with those suffering injuries from a massive explosion in Beirut’s port, causing widespread damage the city and rocking the tiny Mediterranean nation already devastated by the coronavirus and its worst financial crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.
Mount St. Joseph alum killed in crash remembered as a ‘pure soul’ August 4, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries “I grieve when I think of the lost potential for Isaac’s earthly life, in his desire to pursue art, philosophy and theology, but above all in his potential to serve others,” Father Scharbach said, adding that Isaac also had a “seemingly irreplaceable role in our family, where he served as the primary balm who could soften, inspire and encourage each of us.”
God found me on the Atlantic City Expressway August 4, 2020By Suzanna Molino Singleton Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Snippets of Faith God finds us as he needs us … or rather, as we need him. Let’s continue to browse the appropriate channels of life, tune him in, turn up the volume, and sit back and listen.
Deacon Ponton’s love story with the church ranges from France to Hawaii August 3, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations While Deacon Ponton said that he “lived life, got kicked around a little,” the pastor who gave him his first holy Communion said that it is that background which will make him a “great” priest when he is ordained for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Aug. 22
The new nothing-but-normal August 3, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window “This is the new normal,” people say about this pandemic time. But we do not have to accept the current situation as the new normal.
RADIO INTERVIEW: George Weigel discusses ‘The Next Pope’ August 3, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Radio Interview Author George Weigel talked with “Catholic Review Radio” host Christopher Gunty about his new book, “The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission.”
German author says retired Pope Benedict is ‘extremely frail’ August 3, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is “extremely frail.”
Catholic prayer, meditation app Hallow sees huge increase in popularity August 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News When the developers of the Catholic meditation app Hallow launched it in 2018, they hoped to attract young Catholics, but what is now the country’s No. 1 Catholic app has a bigger reach than that.
In planning Jan. 29 March for Life, officials mindful of health safeguards August 2, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News March for Life is, at its core, a bus event for college and high school groups, and restrictions on that kind of travel are still an unknown factor.
