Knights, New York Archdiocese and others providing aid to quake victims January 15, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Jose Lebron-Sanabria, a Knight of Columbus and a general insurance agent for the fraternal organization, is coordinating assistance to Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes.
Quebec to take ethics, religious culture out of school curriculum January 14, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum, which replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.
What I did on my Christmas holiday January 14, 2020By Father T. Austin Murphy Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Diamonds in the Rough The nature of true argument is not to destroy the interlocutor. It’s not even to “win,” really. The point of debate and argument in the classical sense it to delve into and arrive at the Truth.
Cumberland couple marks 70 years of marriage and religious tolerance January 14, 2020By Anna Jones Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Dorothy and Fred Squires are celebrating 70 years of marriage. They have inculcated a sense of respect for religious diversity among their children.
Retired pope wants his name removed as co-author of book on celibacy January 14, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News At the request of retired Pope Benedict XVI, his name will be removed as co-author of a book defending priestly celibacy, said Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican official who coordinated work on the book.
Discovering the last of the daylight on a winter evening January 13, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window As I’m walking across the parking lot, I sense that something is different, but I can’t put my finger on it.
Archbishop Lori urges more security funding for religious sites January 13, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News Sens. Benjamin Cardin and Christopher Van Hollen, both Maryland Democrats, joined Archbishop William E. Lori and other local faith leaders to call for increased federal funding to strengthen security at religious sites amid a recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks.
Towson University students among thousands inspired at FOCUS conference January 13, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Campus Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry A group of students from Towson University were among nearly 9,000 from across the country to attend Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ annual Student Leadership Summit, held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona Dec. 30 to Jan. 3.
Retired pope, Vatican cardinal write book defending priestly celibacy January 13, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Since marriage and priesthood both demand the total devotion and self-giving of a man to his vocation, “it does not seem possible to realize both vocations simultaneously,” retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a new book.
Soup for January, the beauty of a sky and snow, a new hoverboard, an Epiphany house blessing, and more (7 Quick Takes) January 10, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Something about January puts me in a soup mood. This week I made Italian wedding soup.
Writer’s Southern roots inspire ‘radical faith’ element to her fiction January 10, 2020By Mike Mastromatteo Filed Under: News, World News A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Sayers’ first five novels touch on the sense of separateness and isolation of Catholic communities in the heavily Protestant U.S. South.
Puerto Rico reels under successive earthquakes; Catholic church damaged January 10, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News At least one person has died and one Catholic church was destroyed by the latest of a series of earthquakes to rock Puerto Rico.
