Howard County lawsuit focuses on exclusion of Catholic school students September 11, 2023By Emily Rosenthal Alster Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom, Schools A federal lawsuit that supporters say aims to bring justice to Catholic school students in Howard County is headed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this fall.
Legalized use of recreational marijuana raises serious concerns September 11, 2023By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News On July 1, Maryland became one of 23 states, along with the District of Columbia, to legalize recreational cannabis use. Adults can legally possess up to 1.5 ounces and cultivate up to two plants.
Surviving 9/11 attacks left ‘no questions about the reality of God,’ says deacon September 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News The four attacks spanning some 77 minutes would kill 2,977 people that day. They would not be the only victims of those Sept. 11 attacks. More than 4,600 first responders and survivors have since died from cancers and other ailments incurred by toxic dust, fumes and fibers from the debris; thousands more continue to suffer.
New York cardinal: Let us remember 9/11 but not forget the day after September 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York told OSV News the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, which will be marked with solemn ceremonies across the U.S., should be observed with memories of lives lost and impacted by the day’s events.
California’s rising assisted suicide rate alarms Catholics September 10, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News When California in 2021 relaxed its physician-assisted death rules — easing access to the lethal means for residents to take their own lives — several lawmakers behind the change cited a desire to aid the terminally ill, invoking a sort of legislative altruism.
Speakers’ remarks on synod reflect tensions, hopes for renewed missionary spirit in church September 9, 2023By Matthew Gambino OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News From its beginning in 2021, the church’s synod on synodality has raised a question: Where is this worldwide process of listening to the people of God, especially those on the margins, going?
Pakistani women still feel effects of 2022 floods, says CRS staffer September 9, 2023By Barb Fraze OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News More than a year after floods submerged one-third of Pakistan, “women in particular are (still) being impacted,” said the head of programming for Catholic Relief Services in the country.
Eastern Catholic parishes evangelize through liturgy, outreach and community life September 9, 2023By Kiki Hayden OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Inviting others into their rich liturgical traditions, fostering belonging in small communities and reaching out to the secular world via podcasts and “coffee shop ministry,” many Eastern Catholic parishes have unique ways of bringing people to full life in Jesus Christ as his disciples.
Relic of St. Jude, apostle and patron of desperate causes, begins US tour September 8, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The Relic of St. Jude tour begins in Chicago Sept. 9 at St. John Cantius Church. Scheduled stops for the remainder of 2023 include parishes in Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa, followed by Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska, Indiana and Michigan.
Ukrainian battlefront bishop says country is ‘sensitive’ to pope’s words September 8, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Since Auxiliary Bishop Maksym Ryabukha of Donetsk was installed in December 2022, 10 months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has driven more than 30,000 miles near the largely occupied areas of Eastern Ukraine to tend to his flock — and he feels right at home.
Vatican offers details on how synod will work, media access September 8, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Any limitations and rules regarding media access and communications during the upcoming Synod of Bishops are rooted in the “essence” of a synod and meant to help participants in their process of discernment, said the head of the synod’s communication committee.
Pope calls for literacy in peacemaking, care for the environment September 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News If people can learn how to inflict suffering on others with ever more deadly weapons, they also can learn to stop doing so, Pope Francis said.
