Ahead of the U.S. bishops’ June meeting, pastoral experts told OSV News they are looking forward to progress on issues impacting health care, Hispanic Catholics and persons with disabilities.
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Expertos esperan avances en salud, discapacidad y ministerio hispano en la reunión de junio de los obispos de EE.UU.
Antes de la reunión de los obispos de EE.UU. en junio, expertos en pastoral dijeron a OSV News que esperan avances en temas que afectan a la atención de la salud, los católicos hispanos y las personas con discapacidad.
Movie Review: ‘Padre Pio’
The film is less a profile of the titular saint, Padre Pio, played passionately by Shia LaBeouf, than a portrait of San Giovanni Rotondo, the Apulian town of his Capuchin monastery, in the period immediately after World War I.
Meet the new priests to be ordained in 2023
Profiles of the new priests will be added to the Catholic Review site daily on this page from June 15 to June 22.
Archbishop: Months leading to synod are times for faithful to live response to divine grace ‘more intensely’
The months leading up to the October world Synod of Bishops in Rome offer an opportunity for the faithful “to live more intensely our response to divine grace,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said May 31.
Numbers of Irish Catholics are falling rapidly; only half of Dublin residents say they’re Catholic
Once a Catholic giant, Ireland is becoming less religious, census data shows. Just over half of the residents of the Irish capital, Dublin, now self-identify as Catholic, according to data released May 30 by the country’s Central Statistics Office.
In June, let your garden honor the hearts of Jesus and Mary
There are many beautiful ways to commemorate the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a garden.
Nationals pitcher, Dodgers players join chorus criticizing LA team for plan to honor ‘Sisters’ drag group
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams, known for his devout Catholic faith and prominent tattoos, expressed his disappointment with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to re-invite and honor a controversial group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
A host of sacramental statistics: Vatican tracks practice of the faith
The Central Office of Church Statistics, a department of the Vatican Secretariat of State, keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world.
Bishop Victor Galeone, former Archdiocese of Baltimore priest and bishop of St. Augustine, dies at 87
Bishop Emeritus Victor Galeone, a former Archdiocese of Baltimore priest who served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla., died May 29 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 87.
Movie Review: ‘The Boogeyman’
Director Rob Savage’s feature-length screen version of horror-meister Stephen King’s yarn arrives as the above-average chiller “The Boogeyman” (20th Century).
Pope asks poets, filmmakers to challenge people, help them see beauty
Catholic artists, poets, writers and filmmakers serve the church not by trying to “domesticate” Christ but by helping people challenge and expand their knowledge of the Lord, Pope Francis said.