Put down the phone, look to God, look at others, pope tells kids December 15, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis encouraged youngsters to put down their phones to spend time praying and looking at other people to see their needs.
Extension features Nativity art, letters by children of Ukraine, Uvalde December 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic Extension’s cover story is about Christmas through the eyes of these children who “come from different cultures and parts of the world, but what they share in common is faith — faith in the midst of terror, violence and war,” the story said.
Movie Review: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ December 15, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The “Way of the Water” script returns viewers to the fictional moon Pandora and continues the story of the kickoff’s two principal characters, the avatar of Earth-born ex-Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his Pandoran warrior wife, Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña).
Heisman winner is much loved, respected alum of D.C.-area Catholic schools December 14, 2022By William Murray Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Caleb Williams, the star quarterback at the University of Southern California who won the Heisman Trophy Dec. 10, earlier made his mark at two Washington-area Catholic schools he attended for middle school and high school.
Archbishop William Lori announces clergy appointments, including retirement of Father Donald Sterling December 14, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William Lori announced clergy appointments for the Archdiocese of Baltimore
Celebrate Christmas ‘with Ukraine in your hearts,’ pope says, urging aid December 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Celebrating Christmas is important and beautiful, Pope Francis said, but he asked people to spend less on their celebrations this year and donate the savings to help the people of Ukraine.
The devil is sneaky, so Christians must be watchful, pope says December 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Vigilance is an essential part of the spiritual life because the devil will try to sneak in when one is not paying attention or, especially, when a Christian thinks he or she is making a lot of progress on the road to holiness, Pope Francis said.
Catholics in the Amazon hope COP15 generates projects in favor of forest December 14, 2022By Lise Alves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As representatives from nearly 200 countries gather for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, environmental activists living in the Amazon region hope the conference’s proposals will generate new projects in favor of the forest and the populations that live in the region.
Cardinal Ouellet announces lawsuit against woman who claimed assault December 13, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet announced he is filing a defamation lawsuit in Quebec against a woman who accused him of sexual assault.
On Guadalupe feast, U.S. church reaffirms its solidarity with immigrants December 13, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the U.S. bishops’ migration chairman reaffirmed the church’s solidarity with immigrants, “each one of them a brother or sister to us all.”
Church needs new look at role of men, women in church, theologian says December 13, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Recent popes have used the concept of a “Petrine principle” and a “Marian principle” to describe the important role women and men together play in the Catholic Church, but a biblical scholar writing in the Vatican newspaper said it is time to talk about the discriminatory and stereotypical notions behind it.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas music and the power of song in times of plague December 13, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Dr. Remi Chiu, a musicologist at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and author of “Plague and Music in the Renaissance” talks with George Matysek in this encore episode about Christmas music and the historic power of music in times of plague and pandemic.
