Share Easter joy with others, pope urges April 11, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The women disciples, who were the first to meet the risen Jesus, offer a lesson to all Christians: “We encounter Jesus by giving witness to him,” Pope Francis said.
Weddings trend outdoors April 11, 2023By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Worship & Sacraments According to Dr. Diane Barr, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Raineys’ was one of 148 approved outdoor Catholic weddings in 2021.
You can have a happy Easter even without a butter bunny (7 Quick Takes) April 10, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window We had a magnificent Easter, one that continues!
Mission trip to Selma, Montgomery honors Catholics who marched with MLK for civil rights on ‘Bloody Sunday’ April 10, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News As the nation marked the 58th anniversary of a key civil rights demonstration, members of an Illinois parish traveled to two Alabama cities to honor that history, and to reinvigorate their own work for justice in society faithful to the Gospel.
Can Catholic speed dating ministries boost falling marriage vocations? April 10, 2023By Rachel Hoover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News At a typical speed dating event, participants chat with each attendee of the opposite sex for a set length of time, then privately select which participants they are interested in seeing again.
Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife April 9, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.”
‘Good is stronger than evil,’ Archbishop Lori proclaims at Easter Mass April 9, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Easter, Feature, Local News, News The Catholic Church exists to proclaim the Risen Lord, Archbishop William E. Lori told more than 1,300 people who filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to capacity for the 11 a.m. Easter Mass April 9.
Prison ministries bring hope and light of Christ to those ‘doing time’ April 9, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Prison minsters are giving back hope and faith to those men and women convicted of heinous crimes, who too often, are stigmatized and forgotten by society in general and even their own families.
Enter into the joy of Easter April 8, 2023By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window He extends his grace, invites us to feast at the Eucharistic table, and welcomes us home.
Federal judge issues Good Friday ruling suspending FDA approval of abortion pill April 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge in Texas ruled April 7 to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a medication abortion pill, additionally granting a seven-day pause for his ruling before it would go into effect to allow the federal government to appeal and seek emergency relief.
Pope at Easter: Roll away the stone of sadness, encounter the Risen Lord April 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Easter is the time “to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope and to look with confidence to the future, for Christ is risen and has changed the direction of history,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated the Easter Vigil Mass.
Good questions, FOCUS and large stuffed pigs: one new Catholic’s journey to the faith April 8, 2023By Kiki Hayden OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Evangelization, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The annual SEEK conferences hosted by FOCUS are for anyone interested in deepening their faith and spreading the Gospel.
