Expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border on target to break record August 23, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to break a record for border captures when the fiscal year ends at the end of September, as the total number of apprehensions inched closer to the 2 million mark at the end of July.
Retired Archbishop Weakland of Milwaukee dies at age 95 August 23, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Retired Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, who was the ninth archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 until his retirement in 2002, died overnight at Clement Manor in Greenfield after a long illness, the archdiocese announced Aug. 22. The prelate, who lived at the residence, was 95.
Catholic nurses draw on faith, fellowship to be ‘hands and feet of Christ’ August 22, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Members of the National Association of Catholic Nurses USA gathered Aug. 2-4 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa for a world congress that blended spirituality with specifics on best practices in the field.
RADIO INTERVIEW: A practical guide for raising families August 22, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Kristen Fisher shares how every person has a deep desire and pattern of preference for either beauty, truth or goodness.
Service is a calling for all, not a select few, pope says August 22, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Jesus’ image of entering the kingdom of heaven through a “narrow gate” does not mean that “only a few are destined to go through it” but instead means living “one’s life in love, in service, and in giving oneself as he did,” the pope said during his Sunday Angelus address.
Archbishop William Lori announces clergy appointments, including two deacon retirements August 22, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William Lori announced clergy appointments for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, including two deacon retirements.
Enjoying zucchini, a mediocre birthday gift, summer goals, and a special anniversary (7 Quick Takes) August 21, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window One of my son’s friends gave me three enormous zucchinis from his garden, and I was so excited. We don’t have a vegetable garden, mostly due to time and partly due to the enthusiastic wildlife in our yard. These were the largest zucchini I had ever seen.
Sorry, Mariah, but there’s already a Queen of Christmas August 21, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window There’s already a Queen of Christmas. She’s your mother and mine—and Jesus’. She’s the queen of heaven and earth.
Center begun with CCHD grant helps workers deal with pandemic, #MeToo issues August 20, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News As the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic bishops, CCHD says one of its central beliefs is “that those who are directly affected by unjust systems and structures have the best insight into knowing how to change them.”
Movie Review: ‘Beast’ August 19, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews A quartet’s initially enjoyable excursion into the wilderness suddenly turns perilous when they run afoul of the predator from whom the movie takes its title.
Monsignor Auer remembered as a steady, loving presence with a sense of fun August 19, 2022By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor John J. Auer died Aug. 14. He was 92.
Federal judge rules Baltimore-based CRS must pay health benefits for spouse of gay employee August 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has ruled that Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief and development agency, must offer health care coverage to the spouses of gay employees as long as the employees’ jobs are nonreligious in nature.
