Lessons to be learned from Ukraine’s witness March 9, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, War in Ukraine The scenes of brave Ukrainians standing in front of tanks, making Molotov cocktails, picking up arms to fight an overwhelming aggressor, taps into some powerful American myths about righteous struggles and David vs. Goliath contests.
Mexican bishops condemn soccer brawl, call for respect and tolerance March 9, 2022By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Mexican church leaders condemned a horrific brawl between fans at a professional soccer match, images of which horrified the country and raised uncomfortable questions about rising violence further permeating Mexican life.
Church needs women saints, pope tells conference March 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs women, especially women saints, who have shown throughout history an unwavering dedication to God and to caring for their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.
Cardinals arrive in Ukraine, Hungary on mission of hope March 9, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Two cardinals arrived at separate destinations on one mission entrusted to them by Pope Francis: to bring relief, hope and encouragement to suffering Ukrainians.
U.S. Ukrainian archbishop: ‘Morally, Ukraine has won this war’ March 9, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the highest ranking Ukrainian Catholic prelate in the United States, declared during a March 5 online interview, “Morally, Ukraine has won this war.”
TV REVIEW: ‘Lucy and Desi’ March 9, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews In the wake of writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s dramatization “Being the Ricardos,” comes a far different portrait of early television’s most iconic real-life couple, the warm and insightful documentary “Lucy and Desi.”
Ukrainian cemetery monuments restored March 8, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A team of workers from Loeblein Memorials in Dundalk spent part of March 7 restoring 49 vandalized monuments at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery in Dundalk. The monuments were knocked over Feb. 23, the same week Russia invaded Ukraine.
Margaret Brogden, a ‘force’ in Baltimore-area youth ministry, dies at 57 March 8, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Margaret Brogden, a former Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart who was a champion of youth ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died of cardiac arrest March 4. She was 57.
Vatican secretary of state speaks with Russian foreign minister March 8, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News In a telephone call with Russia’s foreign minister, the Vatican secretary of state “conveyed Pope Francis’ deep concern about the ongoing war in Ukraine,” the Vatican said.
Documentary captures history-making moments in Calvert Hall basketball March 8, 2022By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Schools, Sports “No Limits,” a book about Calvert Hall basketball, was received so well that Mark Amatucci and his co-authors decided to enter uncharted territory by making a documentary film tackling the same subject matter.
Baltimore St. Patrick Parade honors health care hero Michael Willis as grand marshal March 8, 2022By Tim Swift Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News After a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, the Baltimore St. Patrick Parade returns to the streets of Charm City this year with a grand marshal who has fittingly been in the trenches, working to stem the tide of COVID-19.
Nearly 500 respond to call to come into full communion with the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Baltimore March 7, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Omosigho Osian was among more than 1,000 people from 55 parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore who gathered for the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion March 6 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
