On All Souls, pope prays at graves of children, miscarried infants November 2, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.
Host of new ‘The Rosary in a Year’ podcast hopes people ‘fall in love’ with the prayer November 2, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, World News A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners’ love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer to Jesus and his mother, Mary, in the new year.
St. Mary’s Seminary faculty member named coadjutor, future bishop of Oslo, Norway November 1, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Sulpician Monsignor Fredrik Hansen, who also serves as assistant professor of pastoral studies at St. Mary’s Seminary, said he’s excited to return home and that his time in Baltimore has served him well.
Everyone can be a saint by following the Beatitudes, pope says November 1, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.
Declaring saints: How the canonization process works November 1, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?
As Poles remember murdered priest, Catholic researchers’ work on communism’s martyrs continues November 1, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In late October, while thousands gathered across the Polish capital to commemorate the 1984 kidnapping and brutal murder of Solidarity chaplain Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, patient work continued at the Jesuit order’s archive in Warsaw to document the fate of other communist-era victims.
Harris, Trump make closing arguments: Here’s what to expect in the election’s final days November 1, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made their closing arguments of the 2024 campaign in separate events in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign cycle.
Bishops mark Maryland Emancipation Day, affirm dignity of all October 31, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News, Racial Justice The Catholic bishops of Maryland commemorated the 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day, affirming the dignity of every human person and noting that slavery was dehumanizing, reducing human beings to mere property.
CCHD collection vital for local anti-poverty organizations October 31, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Social Justice The Baltimore CCHD committee chairperson said the Nov. 16-17 collection in parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore is a vital funding source for the local Catholic Campaign for Human Development chapter.
Catholics face competing economic visions with wide-ranging impact on Election Day October 31, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News In the final days of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, it’s a question on the minds of many a political pundit: Will Americans find themselves fixated on the economy, and how will they vote with their wallets and pocketbooks between now and Election Day, Nov. 5?
Baltimore County cemetery offers green burials October 31, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Natural burial – or green burial, as it is sometimes called – is done without embalming, and uses either a biodegradable shroud only, made of cotton, linen, hemp, wool or other natural fibers, or a shroud and a biodegradable casket, made of bamboo or soft woods such as pine or bark.
Overseas dispatches October 31, 2024By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, From the Archbishop Participating in prayerful discussions with people from all over the world, I experienced many different perspectives and cultural expressions coupled with a common love for Christ, for the faith and for the Church.
