A father’s arms October 9, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Through their lives and actions, our fathers teach us about love – and especially about God’s love for us.
How to help a grieving friend October 9, 2024By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary There is no magic formula for dealing with a grieving person. The best way to reach out to someone will depend on your relationship with that person and where he or she is in the grieving process.
Question Corner: What are ‘non-sacramental’ marriages? October 9, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner A valid marriage is essentially a marriage where the wedding “worked,” and produced a true bond. In contrast, an attempted marriage where one of these necessary elements was absent would be considered an “invalid” or “null” marriage.
Cardinal-designate says God, and the pope, work in mysterious ways October 9, 2024By Adam Wesselinoff OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News God works in mysterious ways, but the Holy Father is even more mysterious, Cardinal-designate Mykola Bychok, eparch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Australia and Oceania, told The Catholic Weekly on the day of his appointment.
Attack in rectory a ‘turning point’ in faith, says Philadelphia priest October 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized A Philadelphia priest assaulted in his rectory said the attack marked a “turning point” that forced him “to reflect deeply on life, faith and the forces of evil” — as well as justice and mercy.
Movie Review: ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ October 8, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The upshot is a long, grim, ultimately unrewarding slog made suitable for few — more by its gritty atmosphere than by an accumulation of objectionable ingredients.
Some new cardinals-designate from ‘peripheries’ were already in Rome October 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Almost half of the 21 cardinals-to-be Pope Francis recently announced were already in Rome attending the Synod of Bishops on synodality, but that didn’t necessarily mean they all heard the news when it happened.
Holy Spirit’s gifts can guide the work of law, homilist says at annual Red Mass October 8, 2024By Maureen Boyle OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News, Worship & Sacraments Just as the nation’s founders relied on God’s providence, so too must all those serving in the U.S. legal profession and government today depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, said the homilist during the 72nd annual Red Mass Oct. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.
De inmigrante indocumentado a obispo auxiliar October 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español, Immigration and Migration, Protagonistas de Fe, Uncategorized En este episodio de Protagonistas de Fe, el obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, Monseñor Evelio Menjivar Ayala, nos relata su salida de El Salvador durante los años de la guerra civil, su historia como migrante en Estados Unidos y su jornada de fe que le lleva a escuchar el llamado del Señor a la vida sacerdotal.
Parishioners learn practical tips for evangelizing October 8, 2024By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Nearly 40 people from throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore gathered Oct. 5 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Frederick for hands-on training in how to evangelize, to share their Catholic faith with others and invite them to embrace it as well.
Statistically speaking: How pope’s choices change College of Cardinals October 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With one current member of the College of Cardinals — Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Caracas — about to celebrate his 80th birthday, when the new cardinals are inducted into the college in December, there could be as many as 141 “cardinal electors.”
Evangelize with simplicity, prayer, dialogue, service, pope tells Jesuits October 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News Evangelization does not have to be complicated or “sophisticated,” even in highly secularized places, Pope Francis told Jesuits living in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
