5th Circuit block on transgender mandate stands; 8th Circuit ruling pending December 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Luke Goodrich tweeted that the 5th Circuit’s ruling “was a successful step in the fight to protect doctors’ conscience rights,” but added: “The fight continues in the Eighth Circuit, where we expect a ruling soon.”
St. Bernardine among parishes wrapped up in Christmas spirit with concerts December 8, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News Tony Small, a Grammy-award nominated music director at St. Bernardine in West Baltimore thinks “Wrapped in Love” is a fitting title for a performance to help celebrate the Christmas season and serve as outreach to the surrounding community.
Rome meeting focuses on grassroots efforts to promote nonviolence December 8, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News While many people involved with the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative continue to hope Pope Francis will issue an encyclical promoting nonviolence as a spirituality and way of life, they also know that Catholics already are engaged in teaching and supporting nonviolence in situations of conflict and exploitation around the globe.
Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine, pope says December 8, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary “the universal desire for peace, especially for the martyred Ukraine, which is suffering so much.”
New report says governments limit, restrict right to assemble peacefully December 7, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Even though the right to protest is guaranteed by international human rights laws and standards, governments keep limiting these laws and restricting such rights, said a new report from rights watchdog CIVICUS Monitor.
Ukrainians seek blessing for rehab center; pope urges action for peace December 7, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The mayor of Lviv, Ukraine, and a team of doctors treating those injured in the war gave Pope Francis a cross with an embedded piece of shrapnel removed from the body of a young girl.
True love leads to freedom, not possessiveness, pope says December 7, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News True love of God or love of another person should lead to a sense of freedom, not to a need to possess or control, Pope Francis said.
Movie Review: ‘Devotion’ December 7, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Jonathan Majors portrays Jesse L. Brown in the war epic “Devotion” (Sony), a film that chronicles both the travails the flyer faced and his partnership with fellow aviator Tom Hudner (Glen Powell).
Appreciate the larger picture that is God December 7, 2022By Effie Caldarola Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, Commentary Perhaps intentionally turning away a bit this Advent from our technological dependence would help us appreciate the larger picture that is God in history and in our lives.
Books for Christmas – 2022 December 7, 2022By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Books, Commentary, The Catholic Difference A look at a few books that would make good Christmas gifts for Catholics.
USPS ‘Virgin and Child’ stamp features one of world’s most revered images December 7, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News Every two years the U.S. Postal Service issues a traditional first-class Christmas stamp showing Mary and Jesus, and this year’s stamp features an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century titled “Virgin and Child.”
Pope approves new law strengthening oversight of Vatican-related entities December 6, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has approved a new law strengthening the oversight of Vatican-related foundations and nonprofit organizations as well as detailing sanctions and clarifying existing norms on transparency, accountability and mandated compliance with anti-money laundering measures.
