Suspects who threatened the pope arrested in Indonesia, local police say September 6, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online “terror threats” against the pope.
Pope receives warm nighttime welcome to Papua New Guinea September 6, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With a 21-cannon salute, Pope Francis was welcomed to Papua New Guinea Sept. 6, the second stop on his four-nation visit to Asia and the Pacific.
Movie Review: ‘Reagan’ September 6, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Although Christian faith is front and center in the screen biography “Reagan” (Showbiz Direct), the film’s noticeable lack of subtlety undermines its overall potential impact.
Exhibit highlights impact Reagan, St. John Paul II had on world through their shared moral vision September 6, 2024By John Lavenburg OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute opened a new exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on “The Pope and The President,” which shares “the story of President Reagan and St. John Paul II’s collaboration, friendship and legacies.
Entering into Ignatian prayer September 6, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Ignatian spirituality, a fundamental part of a Jesuit’s life, has become very popular and accessible to lay people since the Second Vatican Council.
The beginning of the school year: Making all things new September 6, 2024By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools There are so many success stories and hard-working principals, faculties, parent groups and pastors who believe in the Good News of Catholic education and struggle to find fresh, creative ways to keep schools alive and flourishing!
Laughing with Baltimore’s ‘church ladies’ September 6, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Over platters of turkey wraps, egg salad sandwiches, fresh fruit and cannoli, laughter filled the room as 10 women reminisced about their days working together at the Catholic Center in Baltimore.
Missing boy’s case spurs church groups to unite to combat human trafficking in Argentina September 6, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Social Justice, World News More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him.
Group confirmation scheduled for October at Basilica September 5, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s next group confirmation is scheduled for Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., will be the celebrant.
New Maori queen crowned in New Zealand — and she’s Catholic September 5, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Amid the grief following the death of their king, the Maori people rejoiced as the late monarch’s youngest daughter, Nga Wai hono i te po, was named as his successor.
German bishops call for responsible governing after ‘extreme right’ party wins local elections September 5, 2024By Karin Wollschläger OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The results of local elections in eastern Germany’s regions of Thuringia and Saxony prompted German bishops to call for “responsible” formation of a government, even under “difficult” circumstances as the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, won over 30 percent of the vote.
Subcomité de Asuntos Hispanos de la USCCB lanza kit de recursos sobre comunidades y ministerios hispanos/latinos September 5, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español El Secretariado de Diversidad Cultural en la Iglesia de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) anunció que desarrolló un kit de recursos que ayudará “a ilustrar el profundo impacto de la comunidad hispana/latina dentro de la Iglesia Católica en los Estados Unidos”.
