Twin seminarians at Baltimore seminary following one after the other into the priesthood June 8, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations There may be one way to tell the Daghir twins apart: Ben is further ahead than Luke in his graduate seminary work. Ben was ordained a transitional deacon in May, and if all goes well, will be ordained to the priesthood for the twins’ native Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, over the Memorial Day weekend next year.
USCCB appointment signals preparation for National Eucharistic Revival June 8, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Ahead of the bishops’ spring assembly, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington has appointed Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida, to help implement a planned multiyear National Eucharistic Revival.
Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes June 8, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Another church in Kayah state, a Catholic stronghold in eastern Myanmar, was damaged by indiscriminate shelling by the military.
Catholic school grad hopes app can assist in civilian, police interactions June 8, 2021By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Pulled over by police, nervous and unsure of what to do? There’s an app for that, thanks to the work of a Catholic school alumnus and his partners.
Nun slain by three teenagers in satanic sacrifice beatified as martyr June 7, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News A nun who was brutally stabbed in a satanic sacrifice was beatified a martyr June 6 in the northern Italian city where she served.
Franciscan Center extends outreach to include culinary training June 7, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Four women and one man are nearing the end of its inaugural Dignity Plates Training Academy, a 12-week course which combines life skills with those that will equip them to work in restaurant kitchens. It could mean the difference between standing in a bread line and being among the employees staffing it.
RADIO INTERVIEW: The Year of the Eucharist June 7, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Edward Herrera, executive director for the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization, talks about the key dates and goals for the Year of the Eucharist, and Father Gerard Francik, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Glyndon, discusses how his parish will implement the year and welcome people back to participation in the Mass and ministries.
Eucharist is bread of sinners, not reward of saints, pope says June 7, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News People’s hearts and the entire church must be wide open to wonder and devotion to Christ and ready to embrace everyone — sinner and saint alike, Pope Francis said.
Pope leads prayers for Indigenous children who died in Canadian schools June 7, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Pope Francis led hundreds of pilgrims and visitors in St. Peter’s Square in a moment of silent prayer for the Indigenous children who died in Canadian residential schools and for their grieving families.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including new pastors and a rector for Cathedral of Mary Our Queen June 4, 2021By Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including new pastors and a rector fo the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
Citing ‘systemic failures’ in handling abuse, cardinal offers resignation June 4, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis.
Father Lawrence Schanberger, Baltimore native who worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, dies at 98 June 3, 2021By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Maryknoll Father J. Lawrence Schanberger, whose missionary work spanned the globe, including serving the poor of India with St. Teresa of Kolkata, died May 22
