Pope picks Chicago priest to oversee ecology center at papal villa November 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has appointed a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago to serve as administrative management director of the Laudato Si’ Center for Higher Education, which is based at the papal villa and farms at Castel Gandolfo.
Movie Review: ‘Red One’ November 18, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The attempt to put Santa Claus in the middle of a lot of frenetic brawling and then wrap the whole thing up with a climactic sleigh chase leads to a hopelessly unbalanced tone in this ill-conceived holiday offering.
Poor cannot keep waiting for justice, solidarity, pope says November 18, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to charity becomes an innocuous devotion, Pope Francis said.
Pope calls for investigation of possible genocide in Gaza November 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
‘Don’t leave us alone’ November 18, 2024By Jenny Kraska Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Knights of Columbus, War in Ukraine What emerged from their words was the indomitable will of Ukrainians not to give in to circumstances, to resist and begin again to rebuild what was destroyed, thanks in part to the vital support of the Knights’ organization and Caritas Ukraine.
NDP student tackles expansive role as manager for Loyola Blakefield football team November 18, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Campbell Diffendall, an 18-year-old senior at the all-girls Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, is serving as a manager for the varsity football team at Loyola Blakefield.
A faith that questions November 18, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Bible, Commentary Salvation history can be told through the questions that appear in Scripture.
Missionary religious sister reflects with joy on her 70 years of serving in Uganda, U.S. November 18, 2024By Natalie Hoefer OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, Vocations, World News At 92, Sister Demetria Smith is the embodiment of gentleness and joy.
An unfailing treasure 60 years later: ‘Lumen Gentium’ and the universal call to holiness November 18, 2024By David Werning OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The dogmatic constitution from the Second Vatican Council, entitled “Lumen Gentium,” promulgated 60 years ago on Nov. 21, 1964, sets forth the nature and mission of the church.
Experts: Church must better educate Catholics about IVF moral objections, alternatives November 17, 2024By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News In vitro fertilization is a topic that received significant national attention during the past election season as candidates made it a policy issue. A costly, but widely accepted option in society for conceiving children through artificial means, IVF also involves significant moral and ethical concerns.
Gathering aims to foster understanding of Native American boarding school harms November 17, 2024By Rebecca Omastiak OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Racial Justice, World News Hosted by the Catholic Racial Justice Coalition, or CRJC, and Gichitwaa Kateri in Minneapolis, the event drew members of Native American communities, local Catholics, members of the local Twin Cities community, and leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pray, to acknowledge harm caused by Native boarding schools, to learn and to celebrate the vitality of Native cultures.
Renovations in full swing at Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore November 16, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations At the Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore, a place meant for silence and solitude, the sounds of pounding hammers and sawing have become a typical – and welcomed – sound this year as the community of religious sisters looks to the future.
