Catholic aid agencies launch emergency collections for quake victims in Turkey, Syria February 8, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, World News Catholic humanitarian agencies are launching emergency relief campaigns following Feb. 6’s devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, which have so far killed more than 7,200 and injured upward of 35,000.
Eagles fans bring faith to the field for the Super Bowl February 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News On Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m., the Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, in their first return to the Big Game since their 2018 victory over the New England Patriots.
Religious leaders share vocation stories with Cockeysville students February 7, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations As youngsters munched on salad and baked ziti during the “lunch-and-learn” event, the speakers encouraged them to view those in religious life as “regular people” called to devote their lives in service of God and the Catholic Church.
Shock, despair and mourning in Aleppo amid ‘terror’ of the earthquake, local bishops say February 7, 2023By Doreen Abi Raad OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In southern Turkey and Syria combined, the death toll reached more than 5,000 as of early morning hours on Tuesday and is expected to rise as people are still trapped under the rubble.
U.S. bishops’ religious liberty chairman: Proposed new rules on contraceptive mandate ‘disheartening’ February 7, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. bishops’ religious liberty chairman called it “disheartening” that proposed new rules on the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate eliminate “protections for moral convictions” of employers who object to being forced to cover contraceptives in their employee health plans.
Diplomats, faith leaders gathered at U.N. urged to advance religious tolerance, harmony around world February 7, 2023By James Martone OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News A combination of U.N. ambassadors, religious leaders, diplomats, academics, representatives of nongovernmental agencies and several musicians gathered Feb. 3 in a vast conference hall at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week.
Russia poses ‘biggest threat to religious freedom in Ukraine,’ says archbishop February 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Russia’s aggression poses “the biggest threat to religious freedom in Ukraine,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of all Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S., during a Jan. 30 panel discussion on the subject.
Pope, church leaders draw attention to victims of violence February 6, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ visit to Congo and his ecumenical pilgrimage to South Sudan put a face — actually, thousands of faces — on the horror of war.
Annapolis parish marks historic milestone February 6, 2023By Tom Worgo Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The St. Mary’s parish community is preparing to celebrate the bicentennial of the opening of the parish’s original church.
Sister Alice Klein, O.S.F., dies at 91 February 6, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Alice Klein (formerly Sister Margaretta Marie) was offered Feb. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Alice died Jan. 30. She was 91 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 69 years.
Pope saddened by ‘huge loss of life’ after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria February 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “solidarity” with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns February 6, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview In this encore episode, presented during Black History Month, the Catholic Review speaks with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.
