Path of peace: Shadow of war looms over pope’s Kazakhstan visit August 18, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News While the purpose of Pope Francis’ visit to Kazakhstan will be to attend the Congress of World and Traditional Religions, the interreligious meeting also will serve as the backdrop for his long-awaited meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.
Idaho Supreme Court upholds state law banning most abortions August 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Idaho Supreme Court Aug. 12 upheld a state law that bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. The law will take effect Aug. 25.
Redemptorist Father Kevin Milton, former Baltimore and Annapolis parish leader, dies at 81 August 17, 2022By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Kevin Milton, a former pastor of Our Lady of Fatima in East Baltimore and rector at St. Mary in Annapolis, died Aug. 9 in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. He was 81.
How to make the church synodal? Inclusion, say respondents in 3 countries August 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Catholics on two different continents want more inclusion — including of women and LGBTQ Catholics — more adult faith formation and help with engaging young adults.
The elderly can unite all generations, save humanity, pope says August 17, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, Vatican, World News Pope Francis dedicated his general audience talk to the urgent need for young and old to come together so older people can share their faith and wisdom about the world.
New course aims to instruct new Catholics, reenergize lifelong Catholics August 17, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News A new online study course titled “What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith” was “created by a few very imperfect disciples who happen to be crazy about Christ and his church,” said one of the authors and presenters of the course.
‘Do not worry about tomorrow’ August 16, 2022By Effie Caldarola Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, For the Journey, Guest Commentary, Marriage & Family Life Jesus is speaking to our human tendency to worry, sometimes ceaselessly, about tomorrow, about yesterday, about the far-off future and the long-dead past. Regrets can nag us from one direction, fear from the other.
Digital world leaves some ‘hyperconnected and alone,’ Vatican official says August 16, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Good journalism has to be creative and promote communication that focuses on dialogue, intelligence and helping build active communities, said the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.
New triptych icon has origins in Archdiocese of Baltimore August 16, 2022By Nancy Menefee Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Protected from light but available to visitors in Ann Arbor, Mich., a triptych icon graces the chapel of the motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. What the casual visitor might not know is that the icon was commissioned by a now-deceased parishioner from Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.
Movie Review: ‘Slaves and Kings’ looks at life of 19th-century Spanish saint August 15, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The social strife that roiled Spain, both during the 19th century and in the lead-up to that nation’s tragic 1936-39 civil war, serves as the background for the biography “Slaves and Kings”.
Principal calls vandalism at Catholic school in Washington ‘a hate crime’ August 15, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News St. Anthony Catholic School in Northeast Washington has been vandalized twice in less than a week in what the principal of the school is calling “a hate crime.”
Pope: Mary teaches primacy of humility over power, success August 15, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Mary’s humble life and example are a testament to the triumph of service and love over power and success, Pope Francis said.