Pope tells priests: Be icons of Christ, wipe tears like Veronica April 5, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Priests are called to be “a true icon of Jesus,” drawing closer to God the father by devoting their lives to the care of all God’s children, Pope Francis wrote.
CRS workers remain in Gaza after colleagues killed in strike April 4, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Catholic aid workers in Gaza are determined to continue their mission after a deadly strike killed colleagues from a fellow organization.
Religions must counter war rhetoric with focus on peace, pope says April 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News In a world filled with “bellicose rhetoric,” religious leaders must make extra efforts to speak of peace and to nurture every action and attitude that lessens tensions and increases dialogue, Pope Francis said.
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ after powerful 7.4 magnitude quake strikes Taiwan April 4, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the people of Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island nation’s eastern shore.
Social Ministry Convocation gets fresh look for 45th annual event April 4, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The Social Ministry Convocation serves as an annual showcase and educational forum for Baltimore’s chapter of the Campaign for Catholic Human Development.
Eucharistic adoration: A treasure of the faith April 4, 2024By F. Douglas Kneibert OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist The personal spiritual blessings that proceed from eucharistic adoration are rich and abundant.
‘Scouting is back,’ going strong teaching life skills to youths in Archdiocese of Baltimore April 4, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Scouting, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Archdiocesan Scouting officials hope to glimpse the future of the programs at an April 19-21 retreat at Walkersville Watershed in Frederick. It’s the first since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Father Jim Bors, appointed last year as chaplain of the Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting Leadership, hopes it will show “that Scouting is back.”
Movie Review: ‘Road House’ April 4, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Way back in 1989, Patrick Swayze found an action vehicle in the tale of a brawling bouncer hired to keep the loutish patrons of an Indiana bar in line. Switch venues from the Midwest to the Southeast and substitute Jake Gyllenhaal’s biceps for Swayze’s and you have the wholly unnecessary remake “Road House” (Amazon MGM).
The Year of Prayer: Don’t wait for guidance; just do it April 4, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Prayer is also merely dialogue whose simplicity can resemble all the manner of conversations we have throughout our days, large and small, pleasant or sarcastic or even heated.
Franciscan Sister Joan Bunty dies at 88 April 3, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Joan Bunty, (formerly Sister Josephine Mary) will be offered April 4 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Joan died March 31. She was 88 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 68 years.
Católicos responden al llamado de ayuda de emergencia después de colapso de puente, donando $50.000 April 3, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. OSV News Filed Under: En Español 24 horas después de que el arzobispo William E. Lori pidiera a los católicos de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore que apoyaran los fondos gemelos de ayuda de emergencia para los afectados por el derrumbe del puente Francis Scott Key, se recaudaron casi 50.000 dólares en donaciones online.
New perpetual adoration chapel set to open in Linthicum April 3, 2024By Branan D. Thompson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News The interior of St. Philip Neri church was renovated in December 2020, and the adoration chapel, a project that began in spring 2023, was designed with the recent renovation in mind.
