General who headed Notre Dame Cathedral rebuilding dies at 74 while hiking in mountains August 21, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News The French army general appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral will not see the reopening of the pearl of France Dec. 8, 2024. Army Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin died Aug. 18 while hiking in the Pyrénées mountains.
Pope tells lawyers he’s writing a new document on the environment August 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Thanking a group of European lawyers for their attention to environmental protection laws, Pope Francis said he was preparing another document on the subject.
Papal honors call from Archbishop Lori leaves award winners ‘surprised’ and ‘in awe’ August 21, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori will confer the papal honors at a celebration of solemn lauds (morning prayer) Sept. 23 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
‘Rigidity is bad, but firmness is good,’ pope says at Angelus August 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must stand firm in their faith but that is not the same as being rigid and unwilling to bend out of compassion for another, Pope Francis said.
Radio Interview: Podcast about Black Catholics – Ark and Dove August 21, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview Ark and Dove is a five-episode narrative podcast, produced in Baltimore, investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Church.
Maryland woman makes final vows as Franciscan sister August 20, 2023By Susan McInerney Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations In a day filled with grace and community, family and friends and after 10 years of discernment – one as a postulant, two as a novice, and six under temporary vows – Sister Philomena Clare made her final profession June 10 as a member of the Franciscans Sisters, Third Order Regular, of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother.
Texas Carmelites may be excommunicated after public letter rejecting Bishop Olson’s authority August 20, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A community of cloistered Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, said they no longer recognize the authority of Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, claiming that he has interfered with and humiliated them since initiating an investigation into their prioress in late April.
Maryland, New Jersey cases on public schools’ trans student policy, parental rights get day in court August 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A federal appeals court threw out a Maryland lawsuit Aug. 14 from parents challenging guidelines barring teachers from notifying parents if a student identifies as transgender. In New Jersey, a case is under consideration by a judge after the state government objected to three Monmouth County school districts implementing new policies requiring school staff to notify parents in such cases.
Letters reveal disgraced Alabama priest believes he is married to 18-year-old and their running away is ‘Jesus’ will’ August 18, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Alabama priest disgraced after abandoning his parish to travel to Italy with an 18-year-old woman described himself as “married” to her in a Valentine’s Day letter.
‘Oppenheimer’ gives Catholics opportunity to explain injustice of nuclear weapons August 18, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The recently released cinema biopic “Oppenheimer” dramatizes the progressive development, assembly, testing and detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb which then led to the dropping of two such bombs over Japan in the twilight days of World War II.
Maryland court rules religious exemption bars discrimination claim against CRS August 17, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Aug. 14 that the religious exemption in the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act “bars claims (of) religious, sexual orientation, and gender identity discrimination against religious organizations by employees who perform duties that directly further the core mission(s) of the religious entity.”
For Virginia priest, ‘ale-vangelizing’ is chance to chat over a beer, meet people where they are August 17, 2023By Kristen L. Byrd OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News This spring Trapezium Brewing Co. in Petersburg, Va., launched the second release of his signature “Father Brian’s Bourbon Barrel Brown Ale,” where hundreds of family, friends and past parishioners toasted the beloved priest.
