Archdiocese issues decrees regarding some merged parishes in Seek the City process September 29, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The Archdiocese of Baltimore issued decrees Sept. 29 for some of the churches that will be affected by the Seek the City to Come planning process.
Angels Surround Us September 29, 2024By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window There’s something truly special about your guardian angel, your own personal companion through life.
Incorruptibility of saints can teach many lessons to the faithful, says professor September 29, 2024By Jennifer Barton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Exhumed in May 2023, four years after her death, Benedictine Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, was discovered preserved from decay.
Prayer, thought and peaceful presence will be banned all over the UK September 29, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The English and Welsh bishops have criticized a decision by the British government to put “buffer zones” around all abortion clinics, which could see Christians arrested for offering private prayers.
WYD 2027 in South Korea to focus on courage, interreligious dialogue September 29, 2024By Justin McLellan OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News, Youth Ministry The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said.
Texas woman takes vows as consecrated virgin, is ‘humbled,’ ‘joyful’ to be ‘bride of Christ’ September 29, 2024By Michael Gresham OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized As a consecrated virgin, Karen Bless vows to show a profound commitment to God during her everyday interactions. A vocation made easier by her role at the Catholic-run University of Dallas.
Professor: Christianity is not dead in Europe, but needs to free itself from old demons September 28, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Christianity “freed from the old demons” can be a driving force of Europe, a French professor argued during the Sept. 20-21 international conference on “The New Shape of Europe,” part of a series on the role of Christians in the process of European integration.
International community ‘can and should do more’ for Burkina Faso, ACN says September 28, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Catholic Church commemorates the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sept. 29, Burkina Faso, “the world’s neglected crisis,” faces this reality: Over 2 million people, or 10 percent of the population, are internally displaced.
International model of faith-based small groups finds a home in Minnesota archdiocese September 28, 2024By Joe Ruff OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, News, World News An international model of faith-based small groups is finding a home in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis less than a year into its implementation as part of Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda’s vision in his 2022 pastoral letter, “You Will Be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent From the Upper Room.”
Novena for mental health seeks healing, awareness, action on issue September 28, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites the faithful to join in a novena for mental health as part of the second year of the USCCB’s ongoing National Catholic Mental Health Campaign.
Helene downgraded but not before causing massive flooding, major damage, several deaths September 27, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As Florida prepared for the massive Hurricane Helene to make landfall along the state’s Gulf Coast the evening of Sept. 26, Bishop William A. Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee livestreamed his personal reflection and prayer.
Con una misa las escuelas católicas celebraron la herencia hispana September 27, 2024By Mitzy Deras Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español Ondeando las banderas que representaban una variedad de países de habla hispana, los estudiantes de las escuelas católicas celebraron el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con una colorida procesión durante una misa especial el 26 de septiembre en la parroquia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús en Highlandtown.
