Childhood memories for Felipe de Jesus Abrego include celebrating each Dec. 2 with his grandmother at the tomb of two U.S. women religious buried in the local cemetery.
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Religious women enrich Dundalk pastorate
When COVID-19 restrictions meant three newly-arrived religious women couldn’t count on the usual ways of meeting their new Dundalk-area parishioners, they improvised.
Detroit ‘families of parishes’ plan moves ahead; Pittsburgh announces mergers
Heroic trust in the Holy Spirit and a firm resolve to move forward “on mission” are at the heart of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s transition to “families of parishes,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said Nov. 22 in a new pastoral note.
Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures
A move by the Department of Justice to expand how it carries out federal death sentences — to include electrocution, gas or firing squads along with lethal injections –was sharply criticized by Catholic anti-death penalty activists.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments
Archbishop Lori announced clergy appointments, including two retirements.
Zairean rite offers example for developing an Amazonian rite, pope says
The approval decades ago of a Zairean rite of the Roman Missal demonstrated that it is possible also to develop a rite for the Amazon region, Pope Francis said in a preface to a new book.
Pope appoints Washington Auxiliary Bishop Fisher, Baltimore native, to head Buffalo Diocese
Born in Baltimore and raised across the street from Memorial Stadium, Bishop Fisher was baptized at St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore, and later attended the Church of the Annunciation, Rosedale.
RADIO INTERVIEW: What is missionary discipleship?
What is missionary discipleship and what does it mean to be a missionary disciple? Pallottine Father Frank Donio has some answers.
At Mass with new cardinals, pope warns against worldliness
Concelebrating Mass with newly created cardinals, Pope Francis said Advent is a time to be vigilant, hopeful and helpful.
Pope creates 13 new cardinals, including Washington archbishop
One by one 11 senior churchmen, including two U.S. citizens — Cardinals Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and Silvano M. Tomasi, a former Vatican diplomat — knelt before Pope Francis to receive their red hats, a cardinal’s ring and a scroll formally declaring their new status and assigning them a “titular” church in Rome.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, archdiocese mourn death of Father Lawrence
Father Richard T. Lawrence, who over more than four decades as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Baltimore’s Jonestown added to its distinctive history, and made it a haven both for those experiencing homelessness and the kindred faithful who serve them, died Thanksgiving Day, at age 77.
Italian cardinal-designate says he’s simply a pastor
“I am a pastor,” Cardinal-designate Enrico Feroci, 80, said after Pope Francis announced he would make him a cardinal. “I hope to continue being a pastor.”