Catholic sisters make Advent plea to Biden: End ‘immoral’ immigration rule December 7, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News They sang Advent hymns in front of the White House Dec. 3, hoping to get the ear of the president so he could consider lifting what they see as a health rule that hurts people trying to find refuge at the southern border.
Year of St. Joseph wraps up with lasting impact in Archdiocese of Baltimore December 6, 2021By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Year of St. Joseph Pope Francis announced the Year of St. Joseph Dec. 8, 2020. Archbishop William E. Lori then designated 10 churches in the Archdiocese of Baltimore named for St. Joseph as official pilgrimage sites where people could pray, meditate and receive special plenary indulgences.
Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip December 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told reporters he accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris because the archbishop’s reputation had been destroyed, making it impossible for him to continue leading the French archdiocese.
God’s power is revealed in love, pope says at Mass in Athens December 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News God the Almighty almost always chooses the least mighty people and the most desolate places to reveal the power of his love, Pope Francis said.
Attack causes of migration, not those forced to flee, pope says on Lesbos December 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Standing in a tent on the shore, Pope Francis said the Mediterranean Sea, “the cradle of so many civilizations, now looks like a mirror of death.”
Pope asks pardon for sins that drove Catholic, Orthodox apart December 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Like St. John Paul II before him, Pope Francis apologized to members of the Orthodox Church of Greece for the ways Catholics over the centuries had offended them, and he told Catholic leaders that they must embrace their minority status with humility.
In Greece, Pope expresses concern for democracy’s decline in Europe December 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Here democracy was born,” he told the representatives. “Yet we cannot avoid noting with concern how today — and not only in Europe — we are witnessing a retreat from democracy.”
Delightful lunches, holiday craft fairs, and other Advent fun December 5, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window There’s such beauty to the statement, “The chef prepares the salmon medium-well. Does that work for you?”
Discover joy on your Advent journey December 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window And there was so much grace. So much love. So much joy.
Take back joy December 4, 2021By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Of all the lines written and spoken about Christianity, the words of St. Athanasius always speak to me: “God became human so that humans could become God.”
Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek: Poor in spirit December 4, 2021By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Saints Walter Ciszek was a tough kid growing up in the rugged coal country of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. In the mysterious ways of God, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1928 and, as a novice, offered to go to the Russian missions. In 1938, he was sent to Poland and later accompanied workers who were heading into […]
Door-to-door ministry: Jesuit parish leaders visit every family in faith community December 3, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Adrienne Marra was in the middle of household chores when her doorbell rang. She wondered who could be visiting in the middle of the pandemic, given that many institutions were forced to shut down and households had to quarantine and practice social distancing. To her surprise and delight, it was a friendly face from her parish of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock.
