RADIO INTERVIEW: Reaching the deaf community November 7, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Deaf Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview According to Johns Hopkins researchers, there are more than 1.2 million Marylanders who are deaf or hard of hearing. What is the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Baltimore doing to reach that community?
Pope tells young people: Skip Google, search God first for advice November 7, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Everyone needs help to mature and to grow as a person of faith, Pope Francis told young people in Bahrain, so reach out to someone a bit older and wiser and don’t forget to pray.
How prisoners are treated reflects level of dignity, hope of society, pope says November 7, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Seek to be guardians and builders of unity, reaching out to dialogue with others and living as brothers and sisters, Pope Francis told the Catholic faithful and their bishops and priests from throughout the Persian Gulf.
As COP27 begins, religious leaders, civil groups have a wish list November 7, 2022By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As the latest U.N. climate change summit began, some faith and civil organizations had a long wish list of what they hoped it would achieve.
Pope: Chauvinism kills human progress; fight for equal rights must go on November 7, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A society that does not give women the same rights and opportunities as men will become impoverished, Pope Francis said at the end of a four-day visit to Bahrain.
An apple picking trip, a free turkey, and a little rutabaga lesson (7 Quick Takes) November 6, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It has been a few years since we’ve gone apple picking. So, when we realized we had a few free hours on a sunny Saturday, we headed up to Baugher’s to pick apples.
USCCB elections, ‘Faithful Citizenship’ discussion, prayer are on agenda in Baltimore November 6, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News The fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will find the bishops voting on a new president and vice president and how to proceed in disseminating their quadrennial document on Catholic participation in public life.
Superpowers at war add to the world’s poor, pope says in message November 5, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The World Day of the Poor — marked each year on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time — will be celebrated Nov. 13 this year with the theme: “For your sakes Christ became poor.”
On the border, fears rise of a less welcoming era for asylum-seekers November 4, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Like Cubans and Haitians heading to the U.S. trying to escape spiraling economic and political woes at home, Venezuelans, too, have been arriving at the southern border in increasing numbers.
Source of evil is rejecting God, one’s neighbor, pope tells Muslim scholars November 4, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Conflicts and evil in the world are all rooted in people rejecting God and their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said to international Islamic scholars and experts.
Oklahoma inmate gets temporary reprieve from execution November 4, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gave another temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Richard Glossip, moving back his execution scheduled for Dec. 8 until next February while an appeals court reviews his claims of innocence.
Pastoral Staff Day energizes evangelization teams November 4, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News More than 400 parish leaders from the archdiocese attended Pastoral Staff Day hosted by the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization at Church of the Nativity in Timonium Oct. 27.
