Marine’s wrongful step on battlefield leads to leap of faith in life November 12, 2020By Dave Hrbacek Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, World News Colin Faust wasn’t even Catholic when he was wearing the Miraculous Medal that he now believes helped save his life.
Five ways to survive a season crashed by COVID-19 November 11, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News The Review spoke with experts – mental, spiritual and physical – about five ways to navigate the challenges of a holiday season clouded by COVID-19.
Victims in McCarrick report show fear, courage, anger, need for action November 11, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, McCarrick Report, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican Secretariat of State’s report on Theodore E. McCarrick provides a glimpse into how a number of witnesses and victims of the former cardinal’s abuse sought numerous ways to alert church officials and were disturbingly aware their allegations might trigger repercussions.
At 100, WWII vet recounts joining Women’s Coast Guard Reserves to serve country November 11, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In November 1942, Congress allowed the Reserve to accept women as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level.
2020 U.S. Christmas stamp shows Peruvian painting of Our Lady of Guapulo November 11, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News A new postage stamp for Christmas shows detail from an 18th-century Peruvian painting of Our Lady of Guapulo.
Movie Review: ‘Martin Eden’ November 11, 2020By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The latest big-screen adaptation of London’s semi-autobiographical tale — an Italian-language film with English subtitles — offers a refreshing new take on the rags-to-riches saga.
Christians, Muslims again top list of faiths facing hostility worldwide November 11, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Christians top the list for countries where they face either governmental or social hostility, according to a new report issued Nov. 10 by the Pew Research Center.
Banned Polish cardinal unconscious in hospital November 11, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A retired Polish cardinal disciplined by the Vatican in early November has been hospitalized and remains unconscious, Polish media reported Nov. 10.
Fighting abuse: What Pope Francis has done during his pontificate November 11, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, McCarrick Report, News, Vatican, World News In more than seven years as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has issued numerous new laws and guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up by church officials.
Archbishop Lori thanks victim-survivors for coming forward in McCarrick case November 10, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Feature, Local News, McCarrick Report “While the release of the report brings us to another moment of painful awareness of our Church’s past failures, it also marks a new era of transparency in our Church, which the lay faithful have rightly demanded,” Archbishop Lori
Vatican report reveals omissions in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’ November 10, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, McCarrick Report, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick revealed several crucial details that call into question the 2018 “testimony” of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, including that he did not investigate the former cardinal when ordered to do so by the Vatican in 2012.
Pope Francis, retired Pope Benedict questioned for McCarrick report November 10, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, McCarrick Report, News, Vatican, World News In an unusual move, both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI subjected themselves to questioning by Vatican investigators charged with compiling a report on how church decisions were made regarding the career and ultimate expulsion of Theodore E. McCarrick.
