Corpus Christi embraces new mission of campus, marriage ministries November 6, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Corpus Christi’s status as an independent parish will soon change as the Bolton Hill faith community prepares to join with the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a combined parish seated at the basilica.
Volunteers relocate Giving Garden from St. Pius X to Immaculate Heart of Mary November 6, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come For the volunteers, it has been an emotional time, as the bushes, along with 18 garden beds, were being moved to IHM because St. Pius X is slated to come together with St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans, St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden, Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Mount Washington and Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to form a united parish seated at the cathedral.
Across the U.S., Catholics seek out prayer before — and after — voting at the polls November 5, 2024By Gina Christian Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News On Election Day, Catholic faithful across the nation are turning to prayer before — and after — heading to the polls Nov. 5, with many parishes and dioceses offering Holy Hours.
Sister Elizabeth Mary Novak dies at 88 November 5, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral mass for Franciscan Sister Elizabeth Mary Novak will be offered Nov. 6 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Elizabeth died Nov. 3. She was 88 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 66 years.
Catholic nun among 10 killed in Indonesian volcano eruption November 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News At least 10 people, including a Catholic nun, have been killed in a volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s predominantly Catholic Flores Island.
Can voter lobbying groups use ‘Catholic’ in their names? Bishops may have to decide November 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News The appropriation of the word “Catholic” may exploit what one canon law scholar described to OSV News as a “blind spot” in canon law, the Catholic Church’s principal legislative code.
Pope: Rome’s Jesuit-run university must be rooted in Gospel, voice of poor November 5, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News Fewer lecterns and more round tables are needed in higher education for students and staff to come together to dialogue, seek the truth and truly fulfill the mandate of a Jesuit-run institution, Pope Francis said.
Experts worry Trump’s mass deportation plan could damage economy like Great Recession November 5, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Just ahead of Election Day, immigration and the economy were still ranked in the top three of U.S. registered voters’ concerns.
Pope asks church organizers to bridge inequality, foster solidarity November 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Christians must actively seek ways to bridge the gap between rich and poor created by growing inequality and foster pathways of solidarity, Pope Francis said.
‘Someone suffers’ every time Russia attacks Ukraine, says Basilian nun in Zaporizhzhia November 5, 2024By Gina Christian Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia intensifies its strikes on Ukraine, Basilian Sisters in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia are asking for prayers and charitable support for those they serve.
Beyond Election Day: Faithful citizenship happens ‘brick by brick’ at local level, says Catholic policy expert November 4, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News Ahead of the general election, OSV News spoke with Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, on the importance of local as well as presidential elections.
Jesuit Father Donahue, New Testament scholar and Loyola Blakefield graduate, dies at 91 November 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father John R. Donahue, a noted professor at two Baltimore universities, died Oct. 28. The Baltimore native and Loyola Blakefield graduate was 91.
