Webb and wonder December 15, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Commentary, Feature If we already believe that God, having existed outside of space and time before eternity, created the universe, does actually seeing the big bang or the earliest galaxies make a difference?
Court denies religious exemption on vaccine for N.Y. health care workers December 14, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court turned down emergency requests Dec. 13 from New York health care workers seeking a religious exemption from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its health care employees.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including two new pastors December 14, 2021By Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including a new pastor for St. Peter Claver/St. Pius V and Ss. Philip and James in Charles Village.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas music and the power of song in times of plague December 13, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Dr. Remi Chiu, a musicologist at Loyola University Maryland shares insights about Christmas music and the historic power of music in times of plague and pandemic.
St. Isaac Jogues’ St. Monica Ministry bearing ‘overwhelming’ fruit December 13, 2021By Gerry Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized Parishioners of St. Isaac Jogues have discovered that big things can indeed start in small ways.
Vatican releases text for installing catechists, explains ministry December 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic men and women formally installed in the new ministry of catechists are not simply religious education teachers but are engaged in “the proclamation and transmission of the faith, carrying out this role in collaboration with the ordained ministers and under their guidance,” said a letter accompanying the Latin text of the Rite of Institution of Catechists.
Pope invites Catholics to join Caritas campaign to care for poor, creation December 13, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis encouraged people to take part in a new global campaign launched by Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based umbrella organization for national Catholic charities.
Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild follow devastating tornadoes December 13, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful twisters in U.S. history that leveled the city of 10,000 in western Kentucky overnight Dec. 10.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, ‘Star of New Evangelization,’ unites cultures December 11, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Saints Our Lady of Guadalupe has united cultures throughout the centuries ever since she first appeared in a series of apparitions in 1531.
Christmas is time for sharing, not commercialism, pope says December 10, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should evoke the joy and the peace of God’s love and not the selfish indulgence of consumerism and indifference, Pope Francis said.
Mercy High to take on Maryvale in new chapter in girls’ basketball tradition December 10, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Mercy High School in Baltimore and Maryvale Preparatory School in Lutherville announced Dec. 10 they will begin a new tradition in girls basketball Feb. 25 when the two all-girls schools compete in “The Classic.”
Report IDs five European nations with increasing anti-Christian violence December 9, 2021By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Catholics are facing soaring levels of discrimination in some of the most influential countries in Europe, a new report said.
