Catholic foster parents open door, hearts to more than 100 babies in 43 years September 20, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News When Travis and Rhonda Kitch met Ron and Jane Brown for the first time in 2008, they were already family.
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates faith, traditions, culture and values September 20, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News “The Hispanic ministry at church feels like family,” said Jesus Urrutua. “It fills me up with incredible joy to see them all happy and together.”
How do we respond to the anger in our nation? September 17, 2021By Effie Caldarola Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, For the Journey Negativity is contagious, but so is positivity. I want to be that positive person. Find a good cause and work for it.
Fire temporarily displaces residents at Catholic Charities-run St. Luke’s Place September 16, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News A 65-year-old woman is expected to survive critical injuries suffered in a Sept. 15 fire at St. Luke’s Place, a senior housing community run by Catholic Charities of Baltimore, according to a Sept. 16 news release by the Baltimore County Fire Department.
Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says September 16, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world’s peripheries.
Architect turns 67,000 tiny LEGO pieces into Vatican City State replica September 16, 2021By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Working quietly in his Chicago-area home during the lull of the pandemic in 2020, Buttliere cobbled together 67,000 tiny, plastic LEGO pieces to create an improbably realistic 3D replica of Vatican City State.
A bold Catholic investment in inner city education September 16, 2021By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Schools, The Catholic Difference Today, inner-urban Catholic schools are a lifeline for children whose futures are being put at even greater risk by failing government schools and hidebound teachers’ unions that resist educational reform while engaging in various forms of ideological indoctrination.
Vatican publishes letters to rabbis emphasizing pope’s respect for Judaism September 15, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has not devalued the Torah and does not question the fact that the Torah is crucial for modern Judaism, Cardinal Kurt Koch told two prominent Jewish leaders.
Names & Numbers: Catholic schools tout good news September 15, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Names and Numbers, News, Schools This edition of Names & Numbers highlights good news in our Catholic schools.
National shrine’s Mass ends 100th anniversary celebration September 15, 2021By Maureen Boyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News During the closing Mass of the centennial year commemorating the 100th anniversary of the placing of the foundation stone of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory encouraged Catholics to reflect on Mary as the Mother of God and the entire church.
Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds, not with censures September 15, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that seek to “excommunicate” Catholics who are not in line with church teaching, Pope Francis said.
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast speakers emphasize evangelism, unity September 15, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Evangelism and Christian unity were the main topics at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 14, an event which often puts more emphasis on politics and pro-life advocacy.
