Archbishop Lori ordains and installs new bishop for Diocese of Wilmington July 14, 2021By Mike Lang Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Video Braving extreme heat and crushing humidity, more than 900 people crowded into St. Elizabeth Church on July 13 to witness the ordination and installation of the new shepherd of the Diocese of Wilmington, Bishop William E. Koenig.
Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica July 14, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican confirmed.
Franciscans elect Italian as 121st successor to St. Francis of Assisi July 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Father Massimo Fusarelli as the new minister general of the worldwide Franciscan order.
In Baltimore, Father Kim helped create America’s first official Korean parish July 13, 2021By Matthew Liptak Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Urban Vicariate Father Kim, 74, retired July 1 and celebrated his last Mass at Holy Korean Martyrs on the Fourth of July weekend, when he formally said goodbye to the congregation of about 400 families where he had been the only pastor.
Adam, Eve and evolution/Reading murder mysteries July 13, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Father Doyle fields a question about Adam, Eve and evolution, and another on reading mystery novels.
Archbishop Lori and N.J. cardinal ask Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment July 12, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life “During this critical time, let us join in prayer for the protection of the unborn,” Archbishop Lori said. “But let us also, as citizens and believers, raise our voices to protect the most defenseless of human beings, the unborn child. Let us stand together in promoting the sanctity of life.”
Father James L. Connor, Jesuit leader who taught at Loyola University Maryland, dies at 92 July 12, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Obituaries Jesuit Father James L. Connor, who held national leadership roles and began and ended his active priesthood at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died June 21 at Manresa Hall Jesuit Community in his hometown of Philadelphia.
Pope to remain in hospital ‘a few more days,’ Vatican says July 12, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Despite initial estimates of requiring a week of inpatient care, Pope Francis will continue his recovery as a patient at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after undergoing colon surgery, the Vatican press office said.
Archbishop: Decade after independence, South Sudan ‘is bleeding slowly’ July 11, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A triumphant independence euphoria worldwide 10 years ago welcomed the birth of the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation.
Bishop supports apology on papal bulls that justified Indigenous oppression July 10, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishop Douglas J. Lucia, whose downtown Syracuse office sits on the ancestral lands of the Onondaga Nation, hopes to meet with Pope Francis “to re-examine” 15th-century Vatican documents that justified colonization, land takeovers and oppression of Indigenous peoples.
Haitian Catholics in Miami react to assassination of president July 9, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An apparent sense of quiet and shock in Haiti following the assassination of that country’s embattled president July 7 was mirrored in Florida’s Little Haiti neighborhood, where residents were still digesting the news later that day.
Philippine bishops elect Duterte critic as new president July 9, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines elected Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Caloocan as its new president July 8. He will begin his two-year term as head of the conference Dec. 1.
