The Archdiocese of Baltimore has created a web page to guide its parishes in the event that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or other law enforcement officials arrive on their campuses.
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Third annual gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 9
The Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold its third annual gun buyback event Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westside Shopping Center, 2413 Frederick Ave.
Ireland’s abortion rates rise 62 percent over 5 years; Catholic advocates call it ‘a tragedy’
Abortions in Ireland spiked in the space of just five years, government figures have revealed.
Miami archbishop presses for pastoral visitation at Alligator Alcatraz
Florida’s senior bishop is pressing local, state and federal authorities for permission to bring Catholic pastoral care to the already infamous Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center.
Movie Review: ‘Smurfs’
With “Smurfs,” a blend of animation and live action, director Chris Miller has given the titular blue elves, Belgian cartoonist Peyo’s trademark creatures, a big-screen reboot. Although his would-be fresh start promotes positive values and is mostly free of problematic material, it’s also numbingly uninteresting.
Body of Blessed Frassati, relic of Blessed Acutis will be in Rome for Jubilee
The relics of two saints-to-be — Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis — will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth July 28-Aug. 3, according to worldyouthday.com.
Artificial Intelligence, wholeism and prayer
Through our human brokenness we carry our imperfect comprehensions into every part of that wholeism. So, if we permit our understanding of authentic love to be messed with, we will participate in the shattering of our own foundations.
Driver arrested after crashing into entrance of Esperanza Center
A Fells Point man is still in jail following a car crash that damaged the entrance of the Esperanza Center in the early hours of July 20.
IDF says Gaza Holy Family Parish hit was errant mortar round that veered off course
An Israel Defense Forces investigation concluded that the strike on the Holy Family Parish compound on July 17 was the result of an accidental mortar round that veered off course during “operational activity” by IDF troops in the area of Gaza City, the IDF said in a July 23 statement.
Holy See at the UN urges sustainable development as U.S. pulls out of UNESCO
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the general debate of the U.N. Economic and Social Council’s High-Level Political Forum July 22, the same day that the Trump administration said the U.S. would withdraw from the United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO.
Peace by force is a ‘troubling’ idea, Iran cardinal says
The recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran has brought about fear and anxiety in the country and tested the faith of its small Catholic community, said Belgian Cardinal Dominique Mathieu of Tehran-Isfahan.
U.S. to withdraw, again, from UNESCO over Palestine and UN development goals
The Trump administration on July 22 said the United States would withdraw from the United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO, a group that has partnered with the Holy See on human development and cultural heritage projects.