U.S. citizens have responsibility to promote religious freedom, speaker says July 21, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Violations of religious liberty are increasing around the world, and U.S. citizens have a special responsibility to stand up for the religious freedom of all believers in all nations, said Samah Norquist, former chief adviser for international religious freedom to the administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Nope’ July 21, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The inclusion of grimly ironic material makes “Nope” challenging fare even for grown-ups.
Sister Mary Clare Hughes, D.C., Baltimore native who ministered in hospitals, dies at 97 July 20, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Clare (Anne Clare) Hughes was offered June 30 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Clare died June 25. She was 97.
Diocesan respect-life leaders meet in Baltimore, look to support women in need July 20, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Approximately 50 pro-life leaders gathered in Baltimore July 18-20 for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference, livestreamed for remote participants.
Pope’s words in Canada may have broader reach, official says July 20, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ July trip to Canada was born out of his meetings with the nations’ Indigenous people and was planned around encounters with them, and if the pope’s words “have value elsewhere,” like throughout the Americas, all the better, said the director of the Vatican press office.
Pope meets with Monaco royalty at Vatican July 20, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis interrupted his traditional July break to meet with Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife, Princess Charlene, at the Vatican.
After Dobbs, states focus on abortion laws, interstate travel for abortions July 19, 2022By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling June 24 in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned the court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling returned the legislative authority to regulate abortion to the states.
The Catholic parish in a time of violence July 19, 2022By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Gun Violence, Respect Life, War in Ukraine We seem to be in an epidemic of mass shootings, with so many innocent people killed, leaving entire communities in deep pain.
Vatican investments must follow Catholic social teaching, new policy says July 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican released a new policy consolidating the investment portfolios of all offices and keeping all current and future investments in line with the social doctrine of the Catholic Church.
War and peace: Ukraine ambassador sees vital role for Vatican July 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News For Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Francis’ consistent reminder of “the barbarism of war” is needed because “four months of war has made a lot of people around the world accustomed to this situation.”
TV REVIEW: ‘The Last Movie Stars’ July 19, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews It’s remarkable that storied actor Paul Newman’s union with fellow star Joanne Woodward endured for 50 years and only ended with his 2008 death from lung cancer, age 83.
Texas bishops call for immigration reform after migrant deaths in trailer July 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Texas Catholic bishops urged immigration reform, saying it is necessary to prevent what happened to 53 migrants discovered dead and dying inside a trailer June 27 from happening again.
