Lawyer for arrested former Vatican employee says manuscript is mystery June 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The lawyer for the former Vatican employee accused of trying to sell St. Peter’s Basilica an allegedly stolen 17th-century manuscript about plans for the massive canopy over the basilica’s main altar said the illustrated manuscript is different from one listed in the archives and later reported missing.
Oblate Sister Veronica de Los Santos, who helped promote cause of Mother Lange, dies at 89 June 10, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered June 13 in Arbutus for Oblate Sister of Providence Veronica de Los Santos, who died May 17. She was 89 and had been a member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence for 64 years.
Pope urges diplomats to be signs of hope, promoters of cooperation June 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a world torn by strife, diplomacy offers hope by promoting dialogue, solidarity and cooperation for the common good, Pope Francis said.
Jesus frees from the slavery of power, money, pleasure, pope says June 10, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Imbued with the Holy Spirit, Jesus is the model for loving and serving others freed from the pursuit of wealth, power or fame, Pope Francis said.
Rome’s true nature is to be welcoming, caring for all, pope says June 10, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Rome is unique and has a vocation as a universal city, Pope Francis said.
Panel: Civil Rights Act brought needed change but fight for equality, end of racism ongoing June 10, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News On June 4, a panel at Georgetown University in Washington — “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 After 60 Years: Challenges and Questions for Voters and the Nation in 2024” hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life — gathered to assess both progress, and the problems that remain.
Radio Interview: National Eucharistic Pilgrimage June 10, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with two of the permanent pilgrims on the Seton Route, Zoe Dongas and Amayrani Higueldo, to talk about their inspiration to make the 65-day pilgrimage and their experiences along the way.
The top 10 Catholic cities to visit in America June 10, 2024By Marion Amberg OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Take to the highways and the byways this summer and visit the wonderful monuments, marvels and miracles of America’s Catholic faith!. It’ll rev up your faith and be a road trip you won’t soon forget.
10 years after Islamic State group’s bloody rampage, Iraq’s displaced Christians still struggle June 9, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: News, World News For Iraqi Catholics, it’s a date they will never forget. The takeover of Mosul by militants of the Islamic State group 10 years ago began their bloody and destructive rampage over the weeks that followed through the country’s ancestral heartland which Christians called home for the past 16 centuries.
Gudziak: US still ‘in the thick of things’ regarding mental health, but church can foster healing June 9, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News In the wake of Mental Health Awareness Month, the U.S. is still “in the thick of things” and “will be for a long time” in addressing mental well-being, a leader of the U.S. bishops’ mental health initiative told OSV News.
The joy of finding the missing cheese June 8, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window When we lose something—or think we’ve lost it—we treasure it that much more.
Debt relief: Biblical jubilee concern is focus of Holy Year 2025, too June 8, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Proclaiming the Jubilee 2025, Pope Francis appealed to the world’s wealthiest nations to “acknowledge the gravity of so many of their past decisions and determine to forgive the debts of countries that will never be able to repay them.”
