Amid protests, Columbia University Catholic chaplain urges prayer, charity May 3, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Recently, Columbia University in New York has become the epicenter of U.S. college protests and encampments demanding an end to U.S. support of Israel, now at war with Hamas following that group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on approximately 22 locations in Israel.
Cardinal condemns absence of religious voices pressing for peace in Gaza May 3, 2024By Justin McLellan OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The prophetic voices of religious leaders working to foster peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land have been largely absent as the war in Gaza rages on, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.
Josephite Father Richard Wagner dies at 91 May 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Josephite Father Richard F. Wagner will be offered May 3 at Church of the Incarnation in Washington, D.C. Father Wagner died April 26. He was 91.
Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem remains a ray of hope in war-torn Holy Land May 2, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Health Care, News, World News Caritas Baby Hospital is now the only exclusively pediatric hospital in the West Bank serving about 50,000 children a year. Caritas in Switzerland and Germany were the first donors to the hospital, but since 1963 the hospital has been affiliated with the Swiss NGO Children’s Relief Bethlehem.
Nearly 1,000 parishioners weigh in on Baltimore parish reconfiguration proposal at final listening session May 1, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come “This is difficult,” the bishop said. “It’s heart-wrenching. But we’re at a pivotal moment in the city church. We need to do this. We need to do this because our church membership is getting older and we’re not replacing ourselves.”
Cardinal says church shouldn’t expect ‘miracle’ of peace in Holy Land May 1, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.
Fear is the great nemesis of faith, pope says at general audience May 1, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The greatest enemy of faith is fear, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience.
Ukrainian archbishop meets with military officials on missing priests, detained civilians May 1, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church recently met with Ukrainian military officials to discuss a range of issues, including Russia’s detention of two Ukrainian Catholic priests whose fate remains unknown.
Loyola University Maryland awards $25,000 to four ventures May 1, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship awarded a total of $25,000 to four ventures that participated in the center’s Baltipreneurs Accelerator, a four-month part-time program supporting startup businesses and social ventures with training, technical assistance, mentorship, networking and access to capital.
Archdiocese of Baltimore presents Seek the City to Come proposal to the Hispanic community May 1, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come About 250 parishioners from 11 parishes gathered at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Bayview for a Spanish-language presentation of the parish reconfiguration proposal as part of the Seek the City to Come initiative.
Religious formation must also be human, ongoing, pope says May 1, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Seminarians and religious men and women need well-rounded formation throughout their lives, not only at the onset of their religious training, Pope Francis said.
Alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik: His art cannot be separated from abuse claims April 30, 2024By Federica Tourn OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News For the rector of the world’s second largest church after St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil, May 11 will be a day of celebrating the inauguration of the southern facade’s mosaics, all created by Father Marko Rupik.
