RADIO INTERVIEW: Start fresh with your spiritual life January 16, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Sister Elena Morcelli shares practical ways for everyone to grow in their interior life for this new year, including listening and recognizing the Lord speaking to us.
Question Corner: On Limbo and on silent prayer January 16, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Question Corner Limbo is not included in our Creeds and is never mentioned in our current Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Lead others to Jesus, not to yourself, pope says at Angelus January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. John the Baptist is a model for Christian witness, leading others to Jesus and then stepping out of the way so they follow the Lord and not the person who evangelized them, Pope Francis said.
Catholics must be ‘active participants’ in MLK’s ‘unfinished’ work, Cardinal Gregory says at Mass January 16, 2023By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best honored when people “recall to mind and heart that the issues Dr. King placed before our nation have not been adequately accomplished,” and strive to continue his work, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said during a Jan. 15 Mass honoring the legacy of the late civil rights leader.
Like MLK, Catholics are called by Christ to move ‘from altar to street’ January 16, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News As the nation celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 16, both personal conversion and action are needed to build what the slain civil rights leader called “the beloved community,” said Catholic clergy and lay leaders.
Cardinal Pell’s faith, suffering remembered at Vatican funeral January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News The death of Australian Cardinal George Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI and “seemed in good health,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.
‘His memory still resonates’: Franciscan sister recalls MLK’s deathbed January 16, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News As the U.S. observes Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Sister Jane Marie Klein, 84, looks back on the tragic night he was murdered and how it stayed with her.
Abundance in the New Year, Rubik’s cubes, random selfies, and more (7 Quick Takes) January 15, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized Whenever I have avocado toast for breakfast, I remember the year that my New Year’s resolution was eating avocado toast more often.
Catholics ‘must act’ for racial justice to honor MLK, says USCCB president January 15, 2023By OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Archbishop Broglio noted that while society has made progress toward “a just society that leaves no one on the margins” in the 60 years since Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, nevertheless “much work remains.”
Catholic Charities marks centenary of serving those in need January 15, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News It is nearly impossible to look at any place where people are struggling within Baltimore City and the nine counties that comprise the Archdiocese of Baltimore – the impact of poverty, violence, poor health care, lack of education, addiction – and not see the presence of the archdiocesan charities agency.
New abortion pill rules challenge Catholics to reimagine effective pro-life outreach January 15, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News America’s pro-life advocates and health care providers are preparing for another consequential shift following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s finalization of a rule change that expands availability of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Biden cites faith, proclaiming U.S. must ‘preserve, protect’ religious freedom January 15, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Like his five most recent predecessors, President Joe Biden has issued a proclamation declaring Jan. 16 Religious Freedom Day and calling for the protection of religious freedom in the U.S. and around the globe.
