Tens of thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s Basilica January 3, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A quiet hush covered the vast expanse of St. Peter’s Square even though it was filled with thousands of people slowly winding their way around the colonnade into St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their last respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI.
Adoration chapel opens in Charles Village January 3, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News With the support of Archbishop William E. Lori and parishioners of Ss. Philip and James, Father Michael Weibley converted a chapel formerly used for daily Mass into a new adoration chapel. Daily Mass moved to the main church during the coronavirus pandemic.
Brother William Fealy, F.S.C., Calvert Hall economics teacher, dies at 80 January 2, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Christian Brother William Fealy will be offered Jan. 2 at McManus Theatre at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson. Brother William died at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson Dec. 26. He was 80.
‘No’ to war, rearmament; ‘yes’ to development, jobs, pope says January 1, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News It is “intolerable” that conflict and wars are still raging in Ukraine and other parts of the world, Pope Francis said on World Peace Day.
On New Year’s, pope calls for taking the risk of changing the world January 1, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The best way to usher in a truly “new” year is to stop waiting for things to get better on their own, and instead recognize what is essential and reach out now to help others, Pope Francis said.
German pope made no secret of his love for cats January 1, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Like any bona fide cat lover, Pope Benedict XVI’s face would light up and his hand would reach out at the sight of a fluffy feline — even when that soft bundle of fur was a squirming, feisty lion cub brought to the Vatican by visiting circus performers.
Pope Benedict saw Jews, Muslims as allies in defending belief in God January 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News In trying to help people understand how belief in God is a natural part of life and provides grounding for the values that protect human dignity and peaceful coexistence, the late Pope Benedict XVI saw Jews and Muslims as natural allies.
Papal calendar: 2023 holds important events for Pope Francis January 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ appointment book for 2023 is starting to fill up, although he usually agrees to appointments with the caveat of “God willing.”
Former doctrinal enforcer used pontificate to crack down on sex abuse January 1, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News VATICAN CITY (CNS) -– The late Pope Benedict XVI’s disgust over the abuse scandals marring the church was made evident even before his election as pope. In his forceful Way of the Cross meditations, drafted in the weeks before his election as pope in 2005, he wrote for the world to hear: “How much filth […]
Pope Benedict forged ecumenical friendships even as dialogue slowed January 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News During his many years at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as well as during his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI made incisive contributions to the search for Christian unity, although some of his teaching also was read as ecumenically insensitive.
Important events in the life of Pope Benedict XVI December 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Important events in the life of Pope Benedict XVI.
Church leaders remember Pope Benedict with gratitude December 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Catholic leaders around the world who had been praying for retired Pope Benedict XVI reacted with sorrow to news of his death Dec. 31 but expressed gratitude for his years of service to the Catholic Church as a theologian and pope.
