Xavier University of Louisiana receives bomb threats Feb. 1 February 2, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Xavier University of Louisiana was among a group of several historically Black colleges and universities in the United States that received bomb threats.
Mother Lange cause for canonization seeks prayers February 2, 2022By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Mother Mary Lange not only founded the Oblate Sisters in Baltimore, the first religious order in the U.S. for women of color, but also established the first Catholic school for children of color.
Pope talks about devotion to saints, prays for man who interrupted prayer February 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News Pope Francis recited a prayer he said he has recited every day for more than 40 years. But while he was reading it, a man in the back of the audience hall began shouting, including about wearing masks. Vatican police escorted him out of the building.
TV Review: ‘Riveted: The History of Jeans’ February 2, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The filmmakers behind the illuminating documentary “Riveted: The History of Jeans” want viewers to avoid taking that celebrated form of apparel for granted.
Australian Mercy sister who got gold records for Our Father recording dies February 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Mercy Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died Jan. 26 in her native Adelaide. She was 84 and had been battling cancer.
Legacy of a ring: Program helps get school rings to Mercy students who can’t afford them February 2, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Mercy Legacy Ring program started in 2003 when a Class of 1964 ring was given to the school.
CHA explains support for bill expanding health care access, affordability February 1, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic Health Association officials said the organization supports provisions in the President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act that would expand health care access and affordability as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
El Salvador martyrs inspire hope in Hispanic immigrants February 1, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Saints More than 100 people from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave thanks for the recent beatification of four civil-war-era martyrs from El Salvador.
Mother Mary Lange shows us the way February 1, 2022By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature We need to be familiar with Mother Mary Lange’s story and share it with everyone, especially with young people.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Hope and Healing for Marriage and Families January 31, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Father Brian Nolan explores practical ways of strengthening marriages and families that gives hope. His guest is Art Bennett, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a popular speaker and the co-author of a number of books with his wife Lorraine, including “The Temperament God Gave You.”
Archdiocesan grief ministry helps families of those lost to acts of violence January 31, 2022By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News In partnership with the Baltimore City Police Department and other nonprofits and businesses in the city, the Archdiocese of Baltimore started a grief ministry program that assists families who have lost loved ones to violence.
On Bloody Sunday, Irish archbishop says unanswered questions slow healing January 31, 2022By Michael Kelly Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The president of the Irish bishops’ conference used the 50th anniversary of the unlawful killing of 14 unarmed Catholics by the British army in Northern Ireland to criticize the fact that no one has ever been prosecuted.
