Discernment is essential to discipleship, papal preacher says March 22, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Holy Spirit is like a line prompter at a theater, behind the scenes and constantly whispering to Christians the words of Jesus, said the preacher of the papal household.
Church must rethink its ‘anachronistic’ sexual ethic, priest says March 22, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Catholic Church’s “established, dogmatic models of the theological approach to sexuality have become anachronistic,” a moral theologian told a conference on sexuality and culture at the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.
Sister Eleanor Horneman, O.S.F., dies at 96 March 22, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Eleanor Horneman (formerly Sister John Magdalen) was offered March 22 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Eleanor died March 14. She was 96 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years.
Abortions soar to highest number in over a decade post Dobbs, study finds March 22, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A recent study from the Guttmacher Institute, an organization that supports abortion access, found that the number of abortions in 2023 has increased to the highest number and rate in the United States in over a decade.
Major Archbishop Shevchuk discusses pope’s primacy, Ukraine’s faith and Russian terror March 22, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has insisted his countrymen will “never surrender” to Russia’s invasion and that the pope’s recent call for a negotiation of terms with Moscow was “deeply hurtful” for his nation.
Catholic, Christian groups share faith-driven plan for ‘climate adaptation’ with Congress March 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Catholic and Christian groups joined together March 20 to discuss a faith-driven approach to solving problems associated with climate change in a panel discussion on Capitol Hill.
Led by love and the Spirit, U.S. priests ready for Rome synod meeting March 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The group — selected by the USCCB as part of a 300-member worldwide delegation — will also speak with Pope Francis during the April 28-May 2 meeting.
Ss. Philip and James Parish supports marriage and family ministry March 22, 2024By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News The married couples and family ministry at Ss. Philip and James aims to help couples mirror that communion and to grow in holiness in marriage and family.
Aberdeen church opens new parish life center and chapel March 21, 2024By Kyle J. Andrews Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News St. Joan of Arc celebrated its new parish life center March 10, when it was blessed by Archbishop William E. Lori.
Parishioners gather in Hagerstown for Synod of Bishops’ Interim Stage Consultations March 21, 2024By Kyle J. Andrews Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Synodality, Western Vicariate Carrie Stumpf meticulously wrote notes as a group of parishioners from parishes across Western Maryland and bordering Frederick County spoke at a circular table in St. Joseph Catholic Church’s auditorium March 12. She was among a group of people who met at the Hagerstown parish for the Interim Stage Diocesan Consultations, as a part of the XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. The goal of the synod is to bring dialogue from clergy, religious and laity to pray, ascertain, communicate and hear each other out.
How are bishops selected? March 21, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Let’s take a closer look at the complex undertaking of choosing a new bishop, one which originates with the needs of a local diocese and extends all the way to the desk of the pope.
Pope calls for pastors to walk alongside migrants in the Americas March 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs people and pastors capable of walking alongside refugees to respond to the reality of forced migration across the Americas, Pope Francis said.
