Father Lawrence Schanberger, Baltimore native who worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, dies at 98 June 3, 2021By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Maryknoll Father J. Lawrence Schanberger, whose missionary work spanned the globe, including serving the poor of India with St. Teresa of Kolkata, died May 22
President’s daughter sees connections to Mother Seton in her life’s journey June 3, 2021By Kevin Shinkle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints “The question for me is not why I identify with Elizabeth Ann Seton, but how on earth else could I not?” Luci Baines Johnson said. “She resonates with me.”
At migration summit, bishops commit to work toward ‘church without borders’ June 3, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News “We need to evangelize our own, we really do,” said Don Kerwin, executive director of the Center for Migration Studies in New York. “Really, the whole church is not with us and we should be honest about that. We don’t need messaging as much as we need Catholics to be in communion with migrants, as many of you have talked about.
Report shows 19,000 U.S. deacons; age, retirement are factors for diaconate June 3, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: deacons, Feature, News, Vocations, World News Based on responses to a questionnaire sent to all U.S. dioceses, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates there are about 19,000 deacons in the United States today.
Sensitive to incense/Words of consecration June 3, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the use of incense and the words of consecration.
Scholar discounts new claim St. Peter’s remains may be in forgotten tomb June 2, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena after being moved from the Vatican hillside during anti-Christian persecutions in the third century, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.
Region’s bishops reinstate obligation to attend Sunday Mass June 2, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News The bishops of the Province of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington announced June 2 that they would be lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and holy day Mass obligation that was granted at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. A joint statement from Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington; Baltimore Archbishop […]
Ending limit on culturing human embryos called ‘affront’ to value of life June 2, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Lifting a long-standing prohibition on the ability of scientists to culture human embryos in the lab past 14 days shows “an utter disregard” for the value of human life and is “an affront to the sanctity of human life,” said two Catholic members of Congress, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.
Ecumenical service remembers victims of Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 June 1, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News “It is hard to believe that 100 years ago people could think and act in such a way. It is unthinkable. Still, it happened,” Bishop Konderla said.
Going buggy with Brood X June 1, 2021By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Feature, Guest Commentary Brood X is to the normal summer cicada what King Kong is to Tarzan’s Cheeta: something else entirely.
Baltimore Basilica marks bicentennial with new perpetual adoration chapel June 1, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized Archbishop William E. Lori, 16th archbishop of Baltimore, celebrated a Mass May 31 to mark the 200th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Immediately after the Mass, he dedicated a chapel in the basilica’s undercroft for perpetual eucharistic adoration, making the spiritual practice available for the first time ever in the city, as far as parish leaders and researchers can determine.
Canadian Catholic leaders express sorrow over deaths of Indigenous children June 1, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said he was “filled with deep sadness” after learning of the discovery of the bodies of more than 200 children buried on the site of what was once Canada’s large Indigenous residential school.
