People have high expectations for priests to be good spiritual and moral guides, to be active in helping the community and families, and to be someone young people can look up to, Pope Francis told bishops and priests from Sicily.
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Bleacher Brothers stand out in crowd at Camden Yards, evangelizing through baseball
Father Casey Cole, 33, and Father Roberto Serrano, 35, are traveling 17,000 miles in less than three months this summer, visiting all 30 Major League Baseball parks on a mission to introduce fans to the Catholic Church. The trip included a stop at Oriole Park at Camden Yards June 7.
The Summer Reading List: A Ukrainian Primer
Given the rubbish about Ukraine spewed out by Russian propaganda trolls and regurgitated by foolish or ideologically besotted Americans, this year’s annual Summer Reading List will focus on serious books that explain the background, including the religious dimension, of a conflict that will shape Europe’s future – and ours.
Panel: Gun violence is pro-life issue that sensible gun laws must address
Catholic leaders in an online discussion June 8 urged the faithful to look at gun violence as a pro-life issue, address the roots of racist thinking that promotes such violence and press for commonsense gun laws.
Man arrested for making death threats against Justice Kavanaugh
A man threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s Maryland home June 8, carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties.
Just the other day
Graduations bring so many emotions. I’m overjoyed to be seeing our son taking this step. I’m beyond proud of the person he’s becoming. I am honored to be his mother. I’m grateful to be here to see him reach this point.
Two cultures in one faith for Sister Lucero Romero
Sister Lucero Romero made her first vows in 2017 and is preparing to profess her perpetual vows this year or next year.
‘Life and Dignity for All’ is theme of USCCB’s Religious Freedom Week
“Life and Dignity for All” is the theme of this year’s Religious Freedom Week of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Catholic leaders decry federal judge’s ruling on lethal injections
Catholic leaders expressed disappointment with a June 6 ruling by a federal judge in Oklahoma calling the state’s three-drug lethal injection method constitutional.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’
“Jurassic World Dominion” (Universal), which wraps up the second trilogy of films ultimately derived from novels by Michael Crichton, features not only the duo whose adventures have been charted in the more recent movies, but the trio of scientists at the heart of the 1993 original as well.
‘Don’t look away,’ children plead to Congress in gun control message
The young organizers of Students Demand Action were the first of several groups to arrive in Washington in early June for a week of protests demanding that U.S. lawmakers pass restrictions on high-powered weapons such as the ones that have been used in mass shootings, including at schools.
Ellicott City parish moves forward with major capital projects
Parishioners of Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City had much to celebrate when Archbishop William E. Lori joined the Howard County faith community for a special Mass June 4.