Pope asks lawmakers to fight cynicism, be witnesses of hope August 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked Catholic legislators to be examples and witnesses of hope to young people who are bombarded with “messages of pessimism and cynicism.”
Shrine Mass marks centennial of first priestly ordinations at ‘Mary’s House’ in Washington August 26, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News As part of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception’s continuing celebration marking 100 years of worship at “Mary’s House,” as it’s often called, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a Mass of thanksgiving for all the priests who were ordained or otherwise connected to the church.
Camps in Archdiocese of Baltimore offer summer of enrichment August 26, 2024By Catholic Review Staff OSV News Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Youth Ministry This summer, the camp scene in the Archdiocese of Baltimore included three offerings that expanded the horizons and spiritual reach for area students and special-needs adults.
Pope expresses concern about religious freedom in Ukraine August 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.
Biritual priests seen as witnesses to the Catholic Church’s ‘great unity’ in liturgical diversity August 25, 2024By Kiki Hayden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church is made up of two dozen “Catholic churches,” each belonging to seven ritual families — Alexandrian, Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldean, Latin, Maronite and Syriac — and each church in that ritual family having its own distinctive traditions and liturgical variations.
Pandemic is officially over, but will Communion chalices make comeback at Mass? August 23, 2024By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments After the federal government declared a health emergency in 2020 over the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic churches in the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to provide the Eucharist, the sacrament that is the “source and summit of the Christian life” while keeping people safe from contagion.
Teachers grateful, fired up for the start of a new Catholic school year August 23, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools This was the 14th year teachers and staff members from the archdiocese’s elementary and secondary schools gathered before the start of the school year, which this year begins Aug. 26.
Archdiocesan Elementary School Teacher of the Year finds joy in the classroom August 23, 2024By Sharon Crews Hare Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Emma Ward is filled with joy to share that she laughs every single day when she’s teaching her first-graders at St. Joseph School in Cockeysville.
Independent Catholic High School Teacher of the Year from Calvert Hall believes every student matters August 23, 2024By Sharon Crews Hare Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Philip Bressler, an economics teacher at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, believes every student is entitled to an excellent education and is ready to be challenged.
Archdiocesan High School Teacher of the Year makes science relatable August 23, 2024By Sharon Crews Hare Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Kimberly Burton hasn’t just been teaching science facts at Archbishop Curley High School for the past four years. She has also been attempting to show her students how the sciences apply to everyday life.
Harris accepts Democratic nomination, lays out case for ‘next great chapter’ August 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Vice President Kamala Harris argued the nation is ready for the “next great chapter” of its story as she formally accepted her party’s presidential nomination for president during remarks at the Democratic National Convention Aug. 22.
U.S. bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide August 23, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country’s 14 episcopal regions and released its results Aug. 21.
