John ‘Skip’ Manley, one of longest-serving deacons in archdiocese, dies at 84 July 17, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon John “Skip” Manley, one of the longest-serving deacons in the Archdiocese of Baltimore with 48 years at one parish, St. John the Evangelist in Frederick, died July 12 at age 84.
Vatican approval of apparitions would now be ‘exceptional,’ doctrine chief says July 17, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Vatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released publicly, but official validation of an event’s supernatural status — as has happened at Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe — would be “exceptional,” the Vatican’s doctrine chief said.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends, but ‘the best is yet to come’ July 17, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The monstrance holding the Eucharist gleamed in the midday sun July 16 as pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s northern Marian Route turned a downtown corner and came into view of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the pilgrimage’s final destination.
GOP delegates OK platform that changes abortion, immigration positions at Trump’s direction July 17, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Delegates at the Republican National Convention approved a new party platform July 15 that largely reflects their nominee Donald Trump’s political positions, many in his own words.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon July 17, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Streaming Review: ‘Bridgerton’ offers confused messages on morals and female empowerment July 17, 2024By Meghan Schultz OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Bridgerton, in its fantastical escapism, cannot decide if its female lead will form her identity by demanding a greater standard from society or endearing herself to the worst parts of it.
Indy or not, revival is yours July 17, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist The most substantial and life changing things scheduled to take place at the National Eucharistic Congress are available to almost every Catholic right where they are. They always have been and they always will be.
Question Corner: Is a parish required to provide a screen and kneeler in the confessional? July 17, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments While the church expects confessions to be heard in a designated confessional under ordinary circumstances, there are times when it would be permissible to celebrate the sacrament someplace else.
‘We are at the boiling point,’ says priest who prayed at Trump rally in Pennsylvania July 17, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News “There are people who really hate Donald Trump and want to shoot him!” Father Jason Charron said he shouted to a crowd as he was leaving the campaign rally in Butler, Pa., for former President Donald Trump July 13.
Minnesota Catholics recall crowd of 80,000 in Eucharistic procession for 1941 congress July 17, 2024By Susan Klemond OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News More than 80 years later, as Catholics around the country gear up for the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21, Taylor and several other archdiocesan Catholics shared memories of the 1941 congress, whose theme was “Our Eucharistic Lord Glorified by Sacrifice.”
Pastor: No better place to capture ‘unity, renewal, hope’ of congress than historic church July 16, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News St. John’s — the first Catholic parish established in Indianapolis — aims to have all 2,500 of its parishioners involved in the congress.
Like British peers, prominent U.S. figures ask pope not to further restrict traditional Mass July 16, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American “Catholics and non-Catholics” and prominent cultural and intellectual personalities asked Pope Francis in an open letter July 15 not to further restrict the traditional Latin Mass.
