D.C. cardinal urges prayer, reflection before November elections October 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the “anger and vitriol” of the current election cycle will take time away from the media to think and pray about the values important to them as Catholics.
As Israel’s Lebanon campaign escalates, displaced Christians wait for ‘miracle to end this misery’ October 15, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary between the two countries, more than a million people have fled their homes.
D-A-N-G-E-R: Ouija board, whose history is deeply rooted in Baltimore, isn’t innocent fun October 15, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News “The spiritual world is real,” Father Boric said. “When you use a Ouija board, you’re really opening yourself up to something very dangerous. You’re opening yourself up to the devil and his lesser angels – and they can really do harm, just as the good angels really do a tremendous amount of good.”
Applications open to Loyola’s Baltipreneurs Accelerator October 15, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is looking for applications for the center’s sixth Baltipreneurs Accelerator, a four-month, part-time program supporting startup businesses and social ventures with training, technical assistance, mentorship, networking and access to capital.
Mission accomplished: Pope to declare 14 new saints October 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints — not only those who ministered or gave up their lives in lands traditionally known as mission territories, but women and men from every walk of life and from around the world.
Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality October 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News If members of the Synod of Bishops are serious about sharing their experience of “synodality” with all members of the Catholic Church, then they must identify concrete ways to do so, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told members.
Pope hears testimonies from transgender and intersex Catholics October 15, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis met with a group of transgender and intersex Catholics, along with LGBTQ+ allies and a medical doctor specializing in transgender healthcare, during a nearly 90-minute audience at his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
March for Life prepares for new U.S. president — and its own new president October 15, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News Jennie Bradley Lichter, president-elect of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said challenges for the group’s cause on both political and cultural fronts also present an opportunity to demonstrate “leading with love.”
Russia blocks Catholic, other religious websites amid war in Ukraine October 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Amid its war on Ukraine, Russia continues to block a number of external religious websites, social media accounts and apps from several countries, preventing believers of various faiths from accessing information and engaging in dialogue, according to a human rights watch group.
Michigan Catholic bishops say Gov. Whitmer video mocks Eucharist October 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Eucharist, Feature, News, social media, World News Michigan’s Catholic bishops have expressed “profound disappointment and offense” after that state’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared to mock the Eucharist in a social media video posted by feminist author and podcaster Liz Plank.
Listening is key to changing church structures, synod members say October 14, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Recent synods convened at the Vatican as well as the worldwide synod on synodality have “shown us the value of listening as a common thread in any process of humanization,” said Sister Liliana Franco Echeverri, a member of the Company of Mary and president of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious.
Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti October 14, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis called again for “an immediate cease-fire on all fronts” in the Middle East, urging leaders to “pursue the paths of diplomacy and dialogue to achieve peace.”
