Baltimore City limits church attendance August 6, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Catholic parishes in Baltimore City expressed concern about the executive order Aug. 6 by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young that tightened restrictions for indoor venues, including religious services.
Pope names six women to previously all-male Council for Economy August 6, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Renewing the membership of the Vatican Council for the Economy, Pope Francis named six women to the previously all-male board that oversees the financial operations of all Vatican offices and entities.
Pandemic turns REAL for Libertytown youth volunteers August 6, 2020By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Western Vicariate, Youth Ministry During the week-long outreach, 33 volunteers worked at five job sites including a home in New Windsor.
Vatican says baptisms that used a modified formula are not valid August 6, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Changing the words of the formula for baptism render the sacrament invalid, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Knights pilgrimage center will focus on founder’s spirituality, charity August 5, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News A new Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center planned by the Knights of Columbus will focus on “the spirituality and charitable vision of our founder and his legacy,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson in announcing the new center Aug. 4.
Catholic leaders call for prayers, help after massive Beirut blasts August 5, 2020By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Lebanese were reeling after a massive explosion at Beirut’s port destroyed homes, businesses and livelihoods across the capital, and Catholic leaders immediately took action and called for international support.
GIVEN, Baltimore Archdiocese host prescreening of ‘Fatima’ despite incoming storm August 5, 2020By Rus VanWestervelt Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News The event, coordinated by Rachel Harkins Ullmann, GIVEN’s executive director, sold out in 48 hours to local parishioners and families from as far as Washington, D.C.
Maryland governor overturns directive delaying school opening August 5, 2020By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Washington and its Catholic Schools Office hailed the Aug. 3 emergency order by Maryland’s governor to override a Montgomery County Health Department blanket directive that would have kept nonpublic schools from reopening for in-person instruction through at least Oct. 1.
Explosion in Beirut adds suffering to Lebanon’s dire situation August 5, 2020By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Hospitals in the Lebanese capital are overwhelmed with those suffering injuries from a massive explosion in Beirut’s port, causing widespread damage the city and rocking the tiny Mediterranean nation already devastated by the coronavirus and its worst financial crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.
Mount St. Joseph alum killed in crash remembered as a ‘pure soul’ August 4, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries “I grieve when I think of the lost potential for Isaac’s earthly life, in his desire to pursue art, philosophy and theology, but above all in his potential to serve others,” Father Scharbach said, adding that Isaac also had a “seemingly irreplaceable role in our family, where he served as the primary balm who could soften, inspire and encourage each of us.”
Deacon Ponton’s love story with the church ranges from France to Hawaii August 3, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations While Deacon Ponton said that he “lived life, got kicked around a little,” the pastor who gave him his first holy Communion said that it is that background which will make him a “great” priest when he is ordained for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Aug. 22
German author says retired Pope Benedict is ‘extremely frail’ August 3, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is “extremely frail.”
