SSPX leader says vaccination can be morally ‘prudent’ September 24, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News While denouncing as an “abuse of power” coercive measures to promote vaccination against COVID-19, a leader of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said getting vaccinated “may sometimes be an eminently prudent act in the moral sense of the term.”
Armenian bishops elect former U.S. pastor as patriarch September 24, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, the ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, to be their church’s new patriarch.
Partners in Excellence celebrates 25 years helping children gain a Catholic education September 24, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools PIE launched in 1996, when Cardinal William H. Keeler brought together partners in the community who cared about Baltimore, young people and their future.
Share God’s love, don’t just lament lack of faith, pope tells bishops September 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishops and others in the Catholic Church often lament the declining number of Christians, but rarely do they examine their own behavior and failure to show others how much God loves them, Pope Francis told the presidents of European bishops’ conferences.
Rosary Congress to kick off with 4.7-mile walk in Baltimore September 23, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News This year’s annual Rosary Congress will kick off with a walking pilgrimage from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to the Baltimore Basilica on Oct. 2.
Bill to codify Roe called one of most ‘extreme’ abortion bills seen in U.S. September 23, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, introduced in the U.S. Senate and House June 8 and currently moving through various committees in both chambers, “is nothing short of child sacrifice,” said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco.
John Garvey, CUA president, stepping down in June September 22, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as “an honor and a privilege” at the end of June.
Deacon James Westwater, a fixture at St. Isaac Jogues and in diaconal formation, dies at 85 September 22, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Ordained in 1996, Deacon Westwater served throughout his time in Baltimore at St. Isaac Jogues, where former pastors and staff remembered him for his heart for service and his good spirit.
Bishop Pilla dies at 88; he led church efforts to unify Clevelanders September 22, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Retired Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, who led initiatives to bring diverse communities together to overcome poverty, racism and social inequity, died Sept. 21 at age 88, the Diocese of Cleveland said.
Olympic champion gets hero’s welcome at Maryland Catholic school alma mater September 22, 2021By Maureen Boyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News BETHESDA, Md. (CNS) — For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four more Olympic medals at the Summer Games in Tokyo began many years ago and winds through several roads. Among them are two Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington, a few area pools and the tight-knit community of her Bethesda […]
Identification of painting as 17th-century masterwork brings joy to parish September 21, 2021By Beth Griffin Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News A parish in a neighborhood that once had the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases in the country has found new joy in the discovery that a familiar painting over the transept doorway of its church is a 17th-century masterpiece.
Morality of boxing/Flags in church? September 21, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, deacons, Feature, Question Corner, Sports Father Doyle fields questions about women deacons and whether the pope kisses hands.
