Mother Seton shrine launches initiatives to expand awareness of U.S. saint January 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg is launching a series of initiatives to expand awareness of first U.S.-born saint, it announced Jan. 4, on the saint’s feast day.
With foreign donation license denied, Missionaries of Charity ration food January 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Since Christmas, the Missionaries of Charity have been strictly rationing the food and daily use items for their regular 600 beneficiaries at their motherhouse and Shishu Bhavan, a children’s orphanage. On Jan. 2, the breakfast of tea, bread, and eggs was cut short by an hour.
Wearing a mask at Mass is a small sacrifice pleasing to God, priest says January 3, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Wearing a high-filtering mask over one’s nose and mouth at Mass “is a small sacrifice we can bring to the altar as an offering pleasing to God for the good of all his children,” said Father Roberto Colombo, a geneticist and member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Are silent prayers heard by God?/ Shouldn’t we ‘fast before a feast’? January 3, 2022By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Q. I am an 88-year-old Korean War veteran with a question that is not earth-shattering but one that bothers me almost every day. I talk and pray to God, to Jesus and to the Blessed Virgin Mary out loud — every morning and at night before I go to bed. But there are also times when I pray silently — just in my head — especially if I wake up during the night. So what I need to know is whether those prayers — the silent ones — are heard.
Remembering the life of a beloved Black nun, leader and friend January 3, 2022By Shannen Dee Williams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Obituaries, Social Justice 2021 saw the passing of some of the nation’s most important leaders, thinkers, writers and freedom fighters of the modern era.
Cardinal Gregory, who tested positive for COVID-19, remains asymptomatic January 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory announced in a Dec. 31, 2021, statement that he tested positive for COVID-19. He was asymptomatic at the time and remained so Jan. 3, according to the media relations director for the archdiocese.
A New Year, more Christmas, and a surprise visitor (7 Quick Takes) January 1, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Happy New Year! I have never had much success with resolutions, but I do love setting the tone for the year. I let Jen Fulwiler’s Word of the Year generator choose a word for me—Hospitality—and her Saint of the Year generator pick a saint for me—St. Margaret of Antioch. Hospitality seems to bring its […]
Theological virtues for 2022 January 1, 2022By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Feature How can we approach the new year with the theological virtues of faith, hope and love in mind?
On New Year’s, pope says a mature faith is realistic, but hope-filled January 1, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As Catholics begin a new year contemplating the motherhood of Mary, they should be inspired not to let problems weaken their faith or prevent them from helping others grow, Pope Francis said.
U.N. reports significant rise in hunger in Latin America, Caribbean January 1, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A report released by several U.N. agencies warned that the number of those suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is at its highest point in 15 years.
Immigrants’ stories explored in book about sisters’ literacy center December 31, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Immigration and Migration, News While looking for a project so she could cross “write a book” off her bucket list, Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk thought about her time as an associate with the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois.
Though problems abound, God-given hope never fails, pope says December 31, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christian hope grants those who suffer the assurance that God does not abandon his people in their time of need, Pope Francis said.
