Pro-life activists react to GOP platform change on abortion at Trump’s direction July 10, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Members of the Republican National Committee have approved changes to platform on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, over the objections of pro-life activists who previously asked delegates not to remove the platform’s previous call for federal abortion restrictions.
La. governor cuts $1 million to Catholic Charities homeless shelter over church’s care for migrants July 10, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow to the church’s ability to care for area residents experiencing homelessness, including veterans.
‘Not a single Catholic priest’ left in Russian-occupied Ukraine, reveals major archbishop July 9, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Survivors committee and archdiocese discuss next steps in bankruptcy case July 8, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News The survivors committee and the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue to work together in the archdiocese’s bankruptcy case toward the goals of compensating as many victims as possible equitably, allowing the archdiocese to continue its ministries and ensuring that policies and procedures are in place to prevent future incidences of child sexual abuse.
Sister Catherine Morrissey, who ministered in special education for 44 years in Baltimore, dies at 98 July 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Catherine Morrissey, who devoted most of her many years of ministry to special education in Baltimore, died June 14 at St. Francis Convent in Saint Francis, Wis. She was 98.
Shevchuk: Russian attack on Kyiv children’s hospital ‘a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge’ July 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News At least 31 have been killed and over 135 injured as Russian bombers pummeled Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and numerous cities throughout the nation with more than 40 missiles and guided aerial bombs.
Pope: Indifference is a ‘cancer of democracy’ July 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Catholics are called to be active participants in political life and be a force against the decline of democracy worldwide, Pope Francis said.
Do not be afraid to seek God where life is degraded, discarded, pope says July 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News God is present in the “dark corners” of local communities and in people’s lives, Pope Francis said.
Mount de Sales celebrates as Whittaker sisters head to Olympics July 8, 2024By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports Sisters, track stars and Mount de Sales alumnae Juliette and Bella Whittaker are headed to the Paris Olympics after qualifying for Team USA late last month.
Jesuit Father ‘John’ LaMartina, who served for three decades at St. Ignatius, dies at 89 July 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Jesuit Father Liborio J. “John” LaMartina was offered June 20 at Colombière Chapel in Roland Park. Father LaMartina, who served 30 years as parochial vicar at St. Ignatius in Baltimore, died June 15 at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 89.
Next steps: Seek the City implementation focuses on walking with parishioners July 8, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come As the Seek the City to Come parish planning moves from the decision phase to implementation, archdiocesan leaders say the focus is on walking with the parishioners and focusing on evangelism.
Pilgrims trekking National Eucharistic Pilgrimage eyeing Indianapolis with two weeks remaining July 5, 2024By Maria Wiering Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s four routes are edging closer to Indianapolis, with the group traveling the northern Marian Route having arrived in Indiana July 1.
