May traditions celebrate Mary’s gift of life May 3, 2024By Scott Alessi OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Each May, one special day is devoted to mothers everywhere for having given their children the gift of life. But for the mother who gave life to Jesus, the entire month is set aside in her honor.
Josephite Father Richard Wagner dies at 91 May 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Josephite Father Richard F. Wagner will be offered May 3 at Church of the Incarnation in Washington, D.C. Father Wagner died April 26. He was 91.
Pray the rosary May 2, 2024By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary There’s no better time to begin or resume praying the rosary than this beautiful month of May dedicated to our Blessed Lady.
Father Justin explains it all for you May 2, 2024By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary This digital Father Justin was ready to answer your questions about the faith, at least until the Catholic internet got a hold of it.
Movie Review: ‘We Grown Now’ May 2, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Behind “We Grown Now” (Sony Pictures Classics), a drama influenced by real-life events, looms the 1992 murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing project. The crime had far-reaching consequences.
Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem remains a ray of hope in war-torn Holy Land May 2, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Health Care, News, World News Caritas Baby Hospital is now the only exclusively pediatric hospital in the West Bank serving about 50,000 children a year. Caritas in Switzerland and Germany were the first donors to the hospital, but since 1963 the hospital has been affiliated with the Swiss NGO Children’s Relief Bethlehem.
Nearly 1,000 parishioners weigh in on Baltimore parish reconfiguration proposal at final listening session May 1, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come “This is difficult,” the bishop said. “It’s heart-wrenching. But we’re at a pivotal moment in the city church. We need to do this. We need to do this because our church membership is getting older and we’re not replacing ourselves.”
Cardinal says church shouldn’t expect ‘miracle’ of peace in Holy Land May 1, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.
Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate May 1, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate, a kind of diocese originally set up to receive groups of Anglican Christians into full communion with the Catholic Church, have welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of their first bishop — and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.
Kansas Legislature successfully overrides governor’s vetoes of 4 pro-life measures May 1, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Kansas lawmakers voted to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes on pro-life legislation, a victory hailed by Catholic and pro-life advocates that comes just two years after voters in Kansas rejected a push to remove abortion protections from their state constitution.
Fear is the great nemesis of faith, pope says at general audience May 1, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The greatest enemy of faith is fear, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience.
Afraid of Marian apparitions? Take another look this May May 1, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Approaching these apparitions with open hearts, as well as with prudence — we should be most attentive to those apparitions the church has approved — could reap great rewards.
