Leaders of both parties join Biden, Harris for Mass of thanksgiving January 20, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News Hours before his inauguration as president, Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris were joined by the spouses and congressional leaders from both political parties for what was termed a Mass of thanksgiving early Jan. 20 at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington.
At national memorial, Cardinal Gregory prays for all who died of COVID-19 January 20, 2021By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Saying the nation “reverently pauses in supplication to remember and to pray for the many thousands of people who have died from the coronavirus during this past year,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at a pre-inauguration memorial service Jan. 19 to honor and remember the more than 400,000 Americans who have succumbed to COVID-19.
Sotomayor: 13 executed under Trump administration ‘deserved more’ from court January 19, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Although the Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Dustin Higgs Jan. 15, two justices made their objections known loud and clear in dissents that called into question the speed of these decisions and even the constitutionality of capital punishment.
President Biden’s top priority must be healing January 19, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2020 Election, Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary, Feature President Biden cannot force his opponents to listen to facts, but if he truly wants to unite the country, he needs to do things a lot different from the way past administrations have done.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Growing in friendship with the Lord and others in 2021 January 19, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Father Brian Nolan speaks with Susan Pieper about practical ways of growing in friendship with Jesus in the new year and the gift of friendship that helps us along the way.
Pandemic, Capitol violence change March for Life plans but not its commitment January 19, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A symbol of continuity for the nation’s largest pro-life event, which will be entirely virtual for the first time, matters.
Pope: King’s ‘vision of harmony, equality for all’ remains timely January 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to work nonviolently for harmony and equality for all, Pope Francis said.
Retired Senator Miller dies, remembered as ‘lion’ of Maryland’s Senate January 17, 2021By Mark Zimmermann Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Obituaries Retired Maryland State Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. – who had been the country’s longest-serving state senate president – died Jan. 15 at the age of 78 at his home in Chesapeake Beach from complications from prostate cancer.
‘We are better than this,’ deacon says before Johnson’s execution January 16, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 11:34 p.m. EST Jan. 14 at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. His was the 12th federal execution since last summer.
Facebook removes video commentary by Mexican cardinal January 15, 2021By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Facebook removed a video commentary from Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara, saying it spread false information about COVID-19.
‘We need the Lord to cast out demon of division in our nation,’ Washington cardinal says January 14, 2021By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Celebrating a livestreamed Mass for the community of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington Jan. 13, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory noted how sometimes the readings of the day “fit our lives so perfectly.”
Ash Wednesday, other Lenten Masses will see changes in Archdiocese of Baltimore January 14, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Lent, Local News, News Upcoming liturgies in the winter and spring in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will continue to be affected by restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, including traditional celebrations of the feast of St. Blaise, Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.
