D.C.’s Cardinal Gregory marks 50th anniversary as priest May 10, 2023By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and eight other priests ordained with him in the Chicago area 50 years ago concelebrated a special Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington May 9 to mark their shared anniversary of priestly ordination.
Biden administration finalizes plans for end of Title 42 May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Since its 2020 implementation, Title 42 has been invoked more than 2.7 million times to expel migrants, including those seeking asylum, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
‘Adoration is like sunbathing — you let the sun shine on you, as you truly are,’ says cardinal May 10, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Monthly adoration has become a new normal for pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s Square. For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, who led a monthly Vatican outdoor Holy Hour May 9, adoration is a crucial hour of any day.
Pope to pope: Let our churches be united by Christ’s love May 10, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, was at the Vatican to mark the 50th anniversary of a joint declaration signed by St. Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III in 1973 outlining the beliefs shared by their churches.
Poll shows a majority of Americans say abortion drug should stay on market May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle.
Preakness memories: Deputed Testamony boosted Catholic family’s racing business, teen jockey’s career May 10, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Forty years ago, longshot Deputed Testamony helped put the Boniface family and their Darlington farm on the thoroughbred racing and breeding map.
Seton Shrine will host adventurous presentation May 11-12 May 9, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will host an interactive history experience May 11-12 at its campus in Emmitsburg.
Bishops critical of House Republicans’ plan on border security as Title 42 ends May 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As Title 42 draws to its scheduled close, House Republicans are planning to vote on border security legislation criticized by the U.S. bishops.
Just a spark May 9, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Evangelization, Feature More than 500 people joined the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil at their local parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, a culmination of months of preparation for the sacraments of initiation, confirmation and reception into full communion with the church.
A time for reckoning: Archdiocese of Baltimore forms commission to investigate church connection to slavery May 9, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore is continuing to undergo its own self-assessment of the issue, and has formed a 17-member commission to research its ties to slavery going back hundreds of years.
Bishop Flores: Brownsville vehicle crash indicative of ‘corrosive tendency’ to devalue vulnerable human life May 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
Catholic leaders welcome ‘focus on service’ at king’s coronation May 8, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Catholic leaders in Britain welcomed the ecumenical and interfaith elements in the May 6 coronation of King Charles III and his consort, Queen Camilla, as well as a pledge by the new monarch “not to be served but to serve.”
