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Health officials, archdiocese team up to reach Hispanic communities hard-hit by COVID

October 16, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News

Working with Catholic Charities of Baltimore and Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., the Maryland Department of Health announced Oct. 16 the creation of a mobile education unit and a health hotline to reach Hispanic communities that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus epidemic.

Good things come to couple that wait

October 15, 2020
By Karen Sampson Hoffman
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, It's about love, Local News, News

Newlyweds Courtney and Andrew Schmidt have taken every step together, intentionally.

Poll: Trump lead wanes with white Catholics; Biden has wide edge with Latinos

October 15, 2020
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News

A new presidential poll issued Oct. 15 by the Pew Research Center shows Catholic former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, ahead by 10 percentage points, 52%-42%, over the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump.

Vatican Museums’ patrons offer online, inside look at collections

October 15, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums have launched an online subscription series of on-site interviews, live lectures and a Q&A “coffee hour” with experts to help supporters stay connected during the global pandemic.

Catechetical Cataclysms: Restored Holy Stairs give meaning to crisis

October 15, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

After 20 years of restoration work and millions in funding from benefactors worldwide, the unveiling of the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome was supposed to be a grand, celebratory moment slated for this spring, in time for Holy Week and Easter.

Baltimore-area collegians make presence felt despite challenges of coronavirus

October 14, 2020
By Lily Gretz
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Despite the disappointment of another unorthodox school year, some students continue to follow their drive for service and advocacy.

Pope, Council of Cardinals meet online to discuss Curia reform

October 14, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals met virtually Oct. 13, discussing the updated draft of a constitution reorganizing the Roman Curia and steps to implement it, the Vatican press office said.

New statue honors Mother Cabrini for devotion to immigrants, children, the poor

October 14, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron of immigrants, now stands overlooking the New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty.

O’Dwyer Higher: Adaptations to times, enduring truths at retreat house

October 14, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs

Situated on more than 18 acres along York Road, the retreat house is host to more than 5,000 guests a year. It can accommodate 101 overnight guests and a 100,000-gallon pool, but most vitally, a Catholic chapel and numerous other spaces for prayer and reflection.

In confirmation hearings, Barrett stresses commitment to ‘rule of law’

October 13, 2020
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News

On Oct. 13, the second day of confirmation hearings on her Supreme Court nomination, Judge Amy Coney Barrett made a clear distinction between policy preferences and legal precedents in responding to questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Dante is prophet of hope along life’s journey, pope says

October 13, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

In the run-up to next year’s 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Pope Francis said he hoped people would read the Italian poet’s work, especially the “Divine Comedy,” which still resonates today.

Pope meets Cardinal Pell, thanks him for his ‘witness’

October 13, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

“Thank you for your witness,” Pope Francis told retired Australian Cardinal George Pell as the two sat down for a private meeting Oct. 12, six months after the High Court of Australia overturned the cardinal’s conviction on sex abuse charges.