‘High Anxiety’ November 8, 2023By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary When we are worried about something specific, we do well to take it to prayer, to ask the Lord to help us discern the path forward, to show us with whom we should be working, and then we roll up our sleeves and address it.
Movie Review: ‘Priscilla’ November 8, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The relationship that writer-director Sofia Coppola’s screen version of Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me” charts is a strange mix of the respectable and the unsavory.
Leveling hierarchical distinctions while further clericalizing the laity November 8, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality The synod’s more immediate goal was the less dramatic, but in the long run arguably more significant, objective of cutting back on clergy-only hierarchy.
Praying for souls, autumn thoughts, a rosary and a reunion (7 Quick Takes) November 7, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ During this month when we pray for All Souls, one of my favorite traditions is filling our prayer basket with the names of loved ones who have died. Every day we pull a name and pray for that person (or people, in some cases) that day. I didn’t have a chance to fill the […]
Italy grants citizenship to critically ill 8-month-old refused further treatment in UK November 7, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Italian government granted citizenship to Indi Gregory, an 8-month-old child suffering from a degenerative disease who is at the center of a legal battle in the U.K. to keep her on life support.
Catholic community at Cornell University responds to hate posts with prayer, outreach November 7, 2023By Mike Latona OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The incident at Cornell University reflected the religious and ethnic tensions, often involving Jews and Muslims, that have escalated at colleges nationwide since the Israel-Hamas war began Oct. 7.
Experts: All parties to labor disputes in health care make efforts to avoid patient harm November 7, 2023By Kevin J. Jones OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News The largest health care workers’ strike in U.S. history recently ended, and more labor disputes in the industry could be ahead.
Trump leads Biden in 5 of 6 key swing states, says N.Y. Times/Siena College poll November 7, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Former President Donald Trump led President Joe Biden in five out of six key battleground states, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College, a Franciscan-run school in Loudonville, New York.
Jordan’s Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with suffering Gaza November 7, 2023By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Churches in Jordan are canceling Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza as violence in the Palestinian enclave mounts.
St. Mary’s Cemetery, resting place to enslaved people, will undergo revitalization November 7, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice At St. Mary’s Cemetery in Howard County, a project is underway to revitalize the final resting place of enslaved people.
Archdiocese expands research on cemeteries of enslaved population November 7, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice In recent months, several cemeteries at parishes in the archdiocese have been discovered to have been the final resting place of enslaved people.
Let’s not quibble over the time of Mass November 7, 2023By Father Chuck Wible Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary If we truly believe that the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith lives, than we should not be quibbling over time.
