Late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer awarded Havel human rights prize September 30, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Kizito Mihigo, the late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer, song writer and organist, has been honored with Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent, an international award that celebrates bravery, creativity and artistic innovation against dictatorships.
Pope releases apostolic letter on Sacred Scripture September 30, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In an apostolic letter dedicated to Sacred Scripture, Pope Francis said that even today, Christians can learn new things from the countless translations of the Bible that exist.
Catonsville Trinitarian lifts up persecuted Catholics in China September 29, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom, World News Trinitarian Father Stan De Boe recalls meeting a relentless anti-Communist bishop in China who suffered four decades of political imprisonment.
Learning about Pope John Paul I’s life will help dispel myths, niece says September 29, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Conspiracy theories and dark intrigue about Pope John Paul I’s untimely death just one month after his election should be set aside and his life and legacy made more widely known, said his niece.
In an irregular Preakness week, halting progress in Park Heights September 28, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News St. Ambrose in Park Heights will mark 30 years under the guidance of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars Oct. 3, the same day as an unusual Preakness Stakes.
Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination gives spotlight to Notre Dame Law School September 28, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation’s highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.
Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court nominee September 26, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that seat. The president said he was honored to nominate Barrett […]
Let your faith inform your vote, Archbishop Lori tells Maryland parishioners September 25, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, 2020 Election, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News As early voting begins in some states for the coming presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori is urging his parishioners to be guided by the principles of Catholic social teaching as they complete their ballots.
Pope to U.N.: Respect for each human life is essential for peace, equality September 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked members of the United Nations how they think they can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and build a more peaceful, more just world when many of their countries spend billions on military weapons and when their treatment of the unborn, of refugees and of women shows so little respect for human life.
Cardinal Becciu resigns as prefect, renounces rights as cardinal September 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a move apparently related to Vatican financial scandals, Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s resignation as prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes and his renunciation of the rights associated with being a cardinal, the Vatican announced late Sept. 24.
Archbishop Lori on the good of the country September 25, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: 2020 Election, Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature Our votes will have real-life consequences for many people. Thus, we should do our best to discern those consequences.
Notre Dame Preparatory School earns National Blue Ribbon September 24, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Blue Ribbon, Feature, Local News, News, Schools For the second time in eight years and the third time since the program began in 1982, Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
