Maryland advocate Deirdre McQuade, 53, helped communicate bishops’ pro-life message April 28, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Respect Life, World News Longtime pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade, who for more than a decade shared perspectives of U.S. bishops’ and the Catholic Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life, died April 21 after a bout with metastatic breast cancer. She was 53.
Loyola vice president named president of University of Portland April 28, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Robert D. Kelly, vice president and special assistant to the president at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, has been named president of the University of Portland, a Catholic university in Oregon.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Northman’ April 28, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Set at the turn of the 10th century, the Viking epic “The Northman” (Focus) seeks to immerse viewers in the Nordic culture of that era.
All in God’s timing April 27, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window As we are nearing the end of our prayer basket intentions, I’ve been thinking that what I’ve realized is how often people need prayers and we just don’t know.
Bon Secours dedicates new West Baltimore community center April 27, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Sisters of Bon Secours were among the hundreds of people who braved a steady rain as they gathered under a tent the afternoon of April 26 to dedicate the $6.8 million Bon Secours Community Resource Center in West Baltimore.
Report: Kids’ time spent on screen soars during the pandemic April 27, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, Coronavirus, Feature, Guest Commentary Use of screen media per day is up 17 percent for teens (ages 13-18) and tweens (ages 8-12) from the start of the pandemic, according to Common Sense Media. And that doesn’t take into account time spent attending school virtually and doing homework.
Hope and joy reawaken when old and young come together, pope says April 27, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News If young people recognize all that they have received with gratitude and older people take the initiative of relaunching hope in young people for their future, then nothing can stop the flourishing of God’s blessings among people, Pope Francis said.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Bad Guys’ April 27, 2022By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The heist genre gets a fresh burst of frenetic energy with the animated comedy “The Bad Guys” (Universal). This high-octane, older-kid-friendly caper is veteran animator Pierre Perifel’s feature debut — and the neophyte director nails it.
Defending Ukrainian culture: Displaced people learn to make Easter eggs April 26, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With “people coming to us from all over Ukraine,” a master egg painter wanted “to tell them about the symbol of Ukraine and the symbol of Easter — the Easter egg.”
Court seems to side with football coach over postgame prayers April 26, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach April 25 who said his postgame prayers on the field — that cost him his job — amounted to private speech and not the public school’s endorsement of religion.
How to get past the polarization April 25, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary We need to listen respectfully to each other. Then we need to seek areas of agreement.
In message to Russian patriarch, pope prays for end of war in Ukraine April 25, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News In an Easter message to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would “transform our hearts and make us true peacemakers, especially for war-torn Ukraine.”
