Marriage formation leaders encouraged to ‘love like Christ,’ teach ‘the truth and beauty of family life’ September 1, 2023By Maria del Pilar Guzman OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Participants of the Marriage Catechumenate Summit gathered at a retreat center near Houston to unpack the contents of “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life,” a pastoral tool prepared by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life.
NDP celebrates 150 years of ‘responding to the signs of the times’ September 1, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools School Sister of Notre Dame Patricia McCarron, headmistress since 2005, said God’s grace is what has sustained NDP over its long, storied history. Members of the community have shared a willingness to trust in God’s faithfulness, she said, “daring to respond to the signs of the times.”
Catholic Young Adult Kickball Tournament bigger than ever August 31, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Young Adult Ministry The second Catholic Young Adult Kickball Tournament, set for Sept. 16 at St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park, is shaping up to be even bigger than last year’s inaugural event.
Archdiocese of Baltimore continues sponsorship of HBCU Week on Maryland Public Television August 31, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Racial Justice For the second straight year, the archdiocese and MPT will support programming that celebrates the history, culture and innovations of HBCUs in the area and across the nation. HBCU Week on MPT begins Sept. 4 and airs through Sept. 10.
Pope warns of risk of getting ‘stiff neck’ by looking away from suffering August 31, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Society has slipped into a culture of indifference so pervasive that “our necks are going to get stiff” from constantly turning away from the suffering of marginalized people, Pope Francis said.
Five pro-life activists sent to federal prison for blocking Washington abortion clinic August 31, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After a raucous jury trial, five pro-life activists face as many as 11 years in federal prison for convictions to conspire to blockade a Washington abortion clinic in 2020.
Parents ask appeals court to allow an opt-out from school books with LGBTQ+ themes August 31, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News An interfaith group of Maryland parents has asked a federal appeals court to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds.
Videogame Review: ‘Bramble: The Mountain King’ August 31, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Some fairy tales have a dark side and are thus better suited to grown-ups than to kids. The narrative that unfolds in “Bramble: The Mountain King” (Merge) is one example of this.
Eucharistic Adoration: Doing is good; being is even better August 31, 2023By Sister Alicia Torres OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist Because I have grown to see Jesus present in the Eucharist, I am more able to see him in my brothers and sisters — especially those most broken and lost ones.
The ‘religion’ of football: Searching for the rightly ordered soul August 31, 2023By Timothy P. O'Malley OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Sports I reflect on football in American life as a full, conscious, and active participant in the annual autumn carnival.
Pope extols Native American saint as model for responding to God’s call August 31, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Like St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first native North American woman to be canonized, all Christians must embrace their unique call to service of God and neighbor as well as the personal crosses that come with it, Pope Francis said.
Movie Review: ‘The Equalizer 3’ August 31, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In their latest big-screen variation on the eponymous CBS-TV series starring Edward Woodward that ran for four seasons beginning in 1985, screenwriter Richard Wenk and director Antoine Fuqua have a few things going for them.