Pope calls escalation of conflict in Middle East ‘unacceptable’ September 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East “unacceptable,” after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged increased airstrikes, with Israeli missiles killing hundreds in Lebanon.
Harris backs ending filibuster for law to codify a national right to abortion September 25, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News In one of her strongest statements on restoring a national right to abortion as it existed under the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973, Vice President Kamala Harris has said she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to bring back federal protections for a woman’s right to an abortion as they existed under Roe.
Pope: ‘Never dialogue with the devil’ September 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News Christians must acknowledge the reality of the devil acting around them and remain steadfast in resisting his temptations, Pope Francis said.
Ending poverty, arms race and regulating AI are key priorities, Cardinal Parolin tells UN September 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Ending poverty, ensuring nuclear disarmament and regulating artificial intelligence, or AI, were among the issues highlighted by the Holy See at the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future, held Sept. 22-23 in New York at U.N. headquarters.
Daily Catholic playbook September 25, 2024By Mark Viviano Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Full-Court Catholic Our playbook always calls for us to receive: receive the love of God. It is by his love that we are created and why we exist.
Supporters of Partners in Education raise funds and awareness for scholarship program September 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools The back-to-school event also marked the start of PIE Giving Day with the goal to create 60 new scholarships, Viviano said. Members of the PIE board would match each gift up to $25,000 – a goal that was met that same day.
Franciscan Monastery in Washington is sacred ground leading people to Christ, cardinal says September 24, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Sept. 22 Mass to mark the 125th anniversary of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington by reminding the faithful the church building is “something far more precious than a simple structure or a functional edifice.”
Pope resumes meetings after day of rest September 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis met with the bishops of Mozambique Sept. 24, a day after he had canceled his scheduled audiences because of “a mild flu-like condition.”
Little Portion Farm provides fresh produce and more September 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Our Faith in Action, Social Justice A ministry of the Conventual Franciscans, Little Portion Farm is located near the religious community’s St. Anthony Shrine. Since its first harvest in 2019, the farm has grown more than 100,000 pounds of produce that was donated to the Franciscan Center in Baltimore.
CEO says National Eucharistic Congress, pilgrimage show Catholics ‘are ready to make history’ September 24, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Evangelization, Feature, News, World News In the afterglow of July’s 10th National Eucharistic Congress, Jason Shanks senses that there’s a new “way of evangelization” emerging — or reemerging — among Catholics in the United States.
Prevent use of AI to influence public opinion, voting, pope says September 24, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The risk of artificial intelligence being manipulated to influence public opinion and to interfere with elections must be acknowledged and prevented, Pope Francis said.
Five Catholic schools in Archdiocese of Baltimore honored as National Blue Ribbon awardees September 23, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Blue Ribbon, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The festive scene in Severna Park also played out at four other Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore as the Catholic community celebrated having five of its schools named 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools.
