After tragedy in Texas, outpouring of help shows ‘God is good,’ priest says May 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic priests, deacons, church staff, parishioners, and staff of schools and organizations continue to provide counseling, financial aid and additional services to the families who lost loved ones and to others in the devastated community of Uvalde, Texas.
Pope asks Mary, Queen of Peace, to end war in Ukraine and everywhere May 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News After setting white flowers at a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, Pope Francis prayed the rosary and asked Mary to intercede to bring peace to Ukraine and to every place in the world torn by violent conflict.
Stealing Brooklyn, N.Y., church’s tabernacle is ‘heinous act,’ pastor says May 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A burglar cut through a metal protective casing to steal a historic tabernacle valued at $2 million at a Brooklyn Catholic church.
RADIO INTERVIEW: National Eucharistic Revival May 31, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview This week on Catholic Review Radio, Christopher Gunty talks with Bishop Andrew Cozzens, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and about the plans a National Eucharistic Congress planned for 2024.
World Meeting of Families opens June 22 in Rome and online May 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The COVID-19 pandemic not only caused a one-year delay in holding the World Meeting of Families, it also prompted a look at new ways to involve Catholic families from around the world and to ensure that they take the lead in ministering to each other.
Pope to B’nai B’rith leaders: Remembering atrocities is antidote to evil May 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News People must help one another and counteract the temptation of evil that deceives them into thinking conflict can be resolved by violence and war, Pope Francis told a delegation from B’nai B’rith International.
Religious leaders must inspire humanity to renounce violence, pope says May 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The world urgently needs dialogue that promotes a culture of peace and nonviolence, and concrete efforts aimed toward that end, Pope Francis said.
Vatican offers indulgence for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly May 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, Vatican, World News Any Catholic who participates in the celebration July 24 of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly can receive a plenary indulgence, the Vatican announced.
That bad grade in Chemistry May 30, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It was a rainy Sunday afternoon when my father knocked on our door. He handed me a sheet of test scores from Mrs. Dougherty’s fourth-grade class, a dog’s license we had apparently never attached to her collar, and a report card from my first semester of college. Now, I was never a summa cum laude […]
Cardinal Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state, dies at 94 May 30, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state and former dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome May 27 at the age of 94.
Pope announces new cardinals, including U.S. Bishop McElroy May 30, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced he will create 21 new cardinals Aug. 27, including 68-year-old Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, California.
Sister Margaret Mary Glick dies at 93 May 29, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Margaret Mary Glick was offered May 25 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Margaret died April 20. She was 93.
