Xavier University of Louisiana receives bomb threats Feb. 1 February 2, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Xavier University of Louisiana was among a group of several historically Black colleges and universities in the United States that received bomb threats.
Mother Lange cause for canonization seeks prayers February 2, 2022By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Mother Mary Lange not only founded the Oblate Sisters in Baltimore, the first religious order in the U.S. for women of color, but also established the first Catholic school for children of color.
Pope talks about devotion to saints, prays for man who interrupted prayer February 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News Pope Francis recited a prayer he said he has recited every day for more than 40 years. But while he was reading it, a man in the back of the audience hall began shouting, including about wearing masks. Vatican police escorted him out of the building.
TV Review: ‘Riveted: The History of Jeans’ February 2, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The filmmakers behind the illuminating documentary “Riveted: The History of Jeans” want viewers to avoid taking that celebrated form of apparel for granted.
Australian Mercy sister who got gold records for Our Father recording dies February 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Mercy Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died Jan. 26 in her native Adelaide. She was 84 and had been battling cancer.
Legacy of a ring: Program helps get school rings to Mercy students who can’t afford them February 2, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Mercy Legacy Ring program started in 2003 when a Class of 1964 ring was given to the school.
I spy an angel February 1, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The snowy shape was there for days before I spotted it.
CHA explains support for bill expanding health care access, affordability February 1, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic Health Association officials said the organization supports provisions in the President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act that would expand health care access and affordability as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mártires de El Salvador inspiran esperanza en inmigrantes hispanos February 1, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español Lucio Martínez sabe lo que es ser perseguido por su fe. Al crecer en Ciudad Barrios en El Salvador, vivió la sangrienta guerra civil de la nación centroamericana en la década de 1980 y una vez fue capturado por el ejército de El Salvador por profesar sus creencias católicas.
El Salvador martyrs inspire hope in Hispanic immigrants February 1, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Saints More than 100 people from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave thanks for the recent beatification of four civil-war-era martyrs from El Salvador.
Sister Barbara Bell, O.P., dies at 90 February 1, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Dominican Sister Barbara Bell was offered Jan. 22 at the motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa in Wisconsin. Sister Barbara died Jan. 22. She was 90.
Mother Mary Lange shows us the way February 1, 2022By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature We need to be familiar with Mother Mary Lange’s story and share it with everyone, especially with young people.
