How Tom Brady can inspire our Lenten discipline February 10, 2022By Elise Italiano Ureneck Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent, Sports What we choose to do for our Lenten disciplines should help us make incremental progress toward holiness.
Got it? February 9, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Last week, a few of my colleagues were talking about a work project that just kept hitting walls—little ones, big ones, sometimes confusing ones. When we finish it, we joked, we will have to celebrate. I love marking small wins. When we finally get through it, I said, I’ll treat everyone to coffee. We managed […]
Archbishops’ friendly Super Bowl wager also will benefit Catholic schools February 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati are rooting for their home team in Super Bowl LVI, but they also have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the Feb. 13 showdown between the Rams and the Bengals.
Papa jubilado pide perdón tras informe de abuso de Munich February 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español A la edad de 94 años, el papa retirado Benedicto XVI dijo que sabe que pronto enfrentará el juicio de Dios y oró para que se le perdonen sus defectos, incluso en el manejo de las denuncias de abuso sexual clerical.
Broad effort to pass bill supporting pregnant workers focuses on Senate February 9, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has cleared all the hurdles and awaits a final vote in the Senate in the coming weeks.
Why is cremation OK now?/ Bowing to a priest February 9, 2022By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Cremation is now permitted for Catholics, so long as it is not chosen in denial of the Christian teaching on resurrection and the sacredness of the human body.
Catholic Review survey shows tuition at Catholic high schools more affordable than alternatives February 9, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools According to an annual tuition survey by the Catholic Review, Catholic high schools in the archdiocese that charge traditional tuition currently have an average tuition of $16,950. That represents only a 1.4 percent increase from the previous academic year’s average tuition.
Sister Mary Ellen Schwartz, D.C., dies at 88 February 9, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Daugher of Charity Sister Mary Ellen Schwartz was offered Jan. 29 in the Villa St. Michael Chapel in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Ellen died Jan. 25. She was 88.
Louisville, Ky., archbishop retires; pope names Black bishop as successor February 8, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, and appointed as his successor Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana.
Cardinal O’Malley: Retired pope’s statement on abuse should galvanize all February 8, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News The head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said retired Pope Benedict’s “witness and profound honesty should galvanize all of us to defend survivors of abuse and to protect all those entrusted to our care.”
Mother Seton shrine announces video series, other initiatives for 2022 February 8, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints In the first episode of a series of short videos launched by the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Sister Mary Catherine Conway, a Daughter of Charity, discusses her 40 years in Catholic education as a teacher and principal.
Archbishop Shevchuk asks people to pray, says Russian threat extends beyond Ukraine February 8, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church reiterated concerns of some of his Baltic neighbors, saying that Ukraine might be on the front lines of a Russian threat, but the threat extends beyond Ukraine.
