Family under attack by ideologies, pope says September 1, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Addressing the Schonstatt Fathers, who were in Rome for their general chapter Sept. 1, the pope urged them to be “bearers of a message of hope in these dark situations that people in every stage of life are going through.”
Movie Review: ‘Look Both Ways’ September 1, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Despite its conformity to some misguided contemporary values, director Wanuri Kahiu’s film “Look Both Ways” has a low-key charm viewers will likely appreciate.
Transition to high school football is daunting, rewarding for Catholic school players September 1, 2022By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports As players dust off their pads, a sort of culture shock awaits many high schoolers as they climb that ladder for the first time at Baltimore area Catholic schools.
Baltimore Catholic school players in NFL at a glance September 1, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports As the NFL regular season nears its kickoff, several former Baltimore-area Catholic high school players are battling for spots on pro football rosters.
Protection of children now in sights of Congress, FTC, tech firms September 1, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News The FTC’s newest commission, Omar Bedoya, said that the protection of children is one of the FTC’s policy areas where there is bipartisanship.
USCCB’s Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families August 31, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News This year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. bishops touts two bills awaiting action in Congress as being helpful to children, women and families: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and an expansion of the federal child tax credit.
Pope calls for prayers for Iraq, whose people desire normality, peace August 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After a series of deadly clashes erupted in Iraq, Pope Francis said “dialogue and fraternity” were needed to overcome the current situation and to become a nation of diverse communities living in peace.
Gorbachev, St. John Paul had great appreciation for each other August 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30 in Moscow after a long illness, met several times with St. John Paul II, and the two often exchanged words of appreciation for each other.
TV Review: ‘A League of Their Own’ August 31, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Amazon Prime, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, have decided to dust off “A League of Their Own” and give us an eponymous eight-episode streaming version.
The real power of the rosary August 31, 2022By Effie Caldarola Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, For the Journey, Guest Commentary The Rosary offers the moral power of Jesus who showed us a God who was love, and offered a peace that the world cannot give.
New duties do not diminish call to evangelize, pope tells cardinals August 30, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Aug. 30 with the College of Cardinals, the pope said this sense of wonder “sets us free from the temptation of thinking that we can ‘manage things.'”
Vatican says papal remarks on Dugina defended life, were not political August 30, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis’ comments on the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, were meant to defend life and were not a political affirmation, the Vatican said.
