RADIO INTERVIEW: What is missionary discipleship? November 30, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview What is missionary discipleship and what does it mean to be a missionary disciple? Pallottine Father Frank Donio has some answers.
At Mass with new cardinals, pope warns against worldliness November 30, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Advent, Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Concelebrating Mass with newly created cardinals, Pope Francis said Advent is a time to be vigilant, hopeful and helpful.
Pope creates 13 new cardinals, including Washington archbishop November 28, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News One by one 11 senior churchmen, including two U.S. citizens — Cardinals Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and Silvano M. Tomasi, a former Vatican diplomat — knelt before Pope Francis to receive their red hats, a cardinal’s ring and a scroll formally declaring their new status and assigning them a “titular” church in Rome.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, archdiocese mourn death of Father Lawrence November 28, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Richard T. Lawrence, who over more than four decades as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Baltimore’s Jonestown added to its distinctive history, and made it a haven both for those experiencing homelessness and the kindred faithful who serve them, died Thanksgiving Day, at age 77.
Italian cardinal-designate says he’s simply a pastor November 28, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News “I am a pastor,” Cardinal-designate Enrico Feroci, 80, said after Pope Francis announced he would make him a cardinal. “I hope to continue being a pastor.”
An Advent we never expected November 27, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Charity in Truth, Christmas, Commentary, Coronavirus This year we have the chance to spend our time quietly searching our hearts for the Word God wishes to speak to us during this period of peace and silence that has been imposed on us.
Thanksgiving leftovers might be the best part (7 Quick Takes) November 27, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Low expectations are often the secret to holiday survival, and we certainly had appropriate expectations heading into this Thanksgiving.
Baltimore Archdiocese parishes, agencies adjust outreach to realities of COVID-19 November 27, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Parishes and satellite agencies are adjusting how they serve those in need while COVID-19 cases surge throughout the region and much of the nation.
Cardinal-designate sees appointment as testament to God’s word November 27, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Tomasi, a Scalabrinian, said Pope Francis has not explained why he chose him, but he thinks one reason is that he belongs “to a small religious family that for over a century has been working with migrants and refugees and displaced people and people on the margins of society
Court says N.Y. pandemic limits on houses of worship restrict religious freedom November 27, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News In a 5-4 decision issued just before midnight Nov. 25, the Supreme Court lifted the pandemic restrictions on congregation sizes at houses of worship imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Pope picks Italian-American diplomat, migrant minister, as new cardinal November 26, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Tomasi, a Scalabrinian, said Pope Francis has not explained why he chose him, but he thinks one reason is that he belongs “to a small religious family that for over a century has been working with migrants and refugees and displaced people and people on the margins of society
COVID-19 officially ends fall sports in Baltimore archdiocesan high schools November 25, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports While the traditional Thanksgiving Day football game between Calvert Hall College High School and Loyola Blakefield was the highest-profile prep event affected by the coronavirus pandemic, few teams were as hit hard by the formal cancellation of fall athletics as the soccer team from Mount St. Joseph High School.
