Pope discusses climate change with Jeff Bezos August 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, at the Vatican to discuss climate change.
A lesson from the crab August 20, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Enjoying Baltimore steamed crabs at New All Saints’ Aug. 18 crab feast brought to mind an old Nigerian proverb for Spiritan Father Uju Patrick Okeahialam.
A crab feast like no other for parishioners of New All Saints August 20, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News There are crab feasts, and then there are crab feasts such as what’s offered at New All Saints in Liberty Heights.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Biden administration’s new Title IX rule August 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court Aug. 16 declined to allow the Biden administration to enforce portions of a new regulation expanding Title IX protections from sex discrimination to include students who identify as transgender while legal challenges to the rule proceed.
Pro-life Democrats urge their party to seek alternatives as convention spotlights abortion August 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The pro-life group Democrats for Life of America urged their party to work on policies that offer women and families support in an effort to reduce abortion at an event near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where support for abortion was very much on display.
Biden passes torch to Harris on the Democratic National Convention’s opening night August 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News President Joe Biden both sought to cement his own legacy and pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer during his address at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
N.J. diocese, priests sue federal government over religious worker visa rule change August 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vocations, World News A New Jersey diocese and several priests are suing the federal government over a rule change in religious worker visas, in a case that highlights the perfect storm created by the nation’s shifting immigration policies and the Catholic Church in the United States’ increased reliance on foreign-born clergy amid a downward trend of domestic vocations to the priesthood.
World Humanitarian Day highlights tragic record sacrifice of aid workers in war zones August 19, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As the world commemorates World Humanitarian Day 2024, the latest figures on the dire circumstances aid workers face on the frontline highlight the alarming increase in attacks against them and their work to relieve the suffering of civilians caught in the crossfire.
Radio Interview: Baltimore sportscaster reflects on his career and Catholic faith August 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Sports Retired Baltimore sportscaster Mark Viviano, a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, spoke with George Matysek about his career and his decision to leave it behind.
Eucharist satisfies hunger for hope, truth, salvation, pope says August 19, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News When receiving the Eucharist, Catholics should respond with gratitude and awe that Jesus offers himself as nourishment and salvation, Pope Francis said.
Amid war, it’s ‘kind of business as usual’ in Jerusalem with ‘a certain fearfulness,’ priest says August 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As the Israel-Hamas war edges toward the one-year mark, OSV News spoke with Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem, ahead of his return to Israel following a brief visit to the U.S. in early August.
Deacon Lehr, who helped get new church built in Hickory, dies at 79 August 16, 2024By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Robert “Bob” Lehr, the first member of St. Ignatius parish in Hickory to become a permanent deacon and a key figure in the building of a new church in 2001, died Aug. 11 following a fall at his home in Forest Hill. He was 79.
