Ascension Saint Agnes hospital deals with cyber attack May 9, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Health Care, Local News, News Ascension Saint Agnes hospital in southwest Baltimore said in a prepared statement that it experienced a “cyber security event” May 8 and that access to some of its systems have been affected.
Archdiocese of Baltimore names three teachers of year May 9, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Emma Ward, from St. Joseph School (Cockeysville), was named Archdiocesan Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Kimberly Burton, from Archbishop Curley High School, was named Archdiocesan High School Teacher of the Year. Phil Bressler, from Calvert Hall College High School, was named Independent Catholic High School Teacher of the Year.
Proclaiming Holy Year, pope says it is time to strengthen and share hope May 9, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The document, called a “bull of indiction,” specifies that the holy year will open at the Vatican Dec. 24 this year and close Jan. 6, 2026, the feast of Epiphany. Pope Francis also asked bishops around the world to inaugurate the Holy Year in their dioceses Dec. 29 this year and celebrate the conclusion of the Jubilee locally Dec. 28, 2025.
Federal court says Catholic school has right to employ teachers who uphold church teaching May 9, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News A federal appeals court May 8 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, protecting religious schools’ freedom to hire schoolteachers who will uphold their religious beliefs.
Proposed abortion ballot measures in several states move closer to qualifying for November May 9, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Abortion advocates in at least 15 states are seeking to qualify ballot measures for November that would enshrine abortion protections in law or their state constitutions, and some efforts recently got a step closer.
Havana chapel restored, reconsecrated with U.S., international support May 9, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: News, World News What some are now calling the most beautiful church in Cuba is a newly restored Catholic university chapel in Havana abruptly abandoned during the Cuban Revolution and in disuse for some 60 years.
Catholic groups call for cease-fire in Gaza, release of Israeli hostages May 9, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News More than 2,500 Catholic bishops, priests, women religious, academics, laypeople and Catholic groups have called for a cease-fire in Gaza in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders.
Irish pro-lifers march as abortion numbers ‘soar’ May 9, 2024By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Those who took part in this year’s March for Life in Dublin May 6 were urged to “think pro-life” in next month’s local and European Parliament elections. Organizers said that “thousands” participated in the march, which took place on a bank holiday.
Catholic doctor sings praises of skin cancer protection May 9, 2024By Susan McInerney Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News Every summer, we race to beaches and pools, lakes and mountains to take advantage of longer days and the warmth of the sun. But with that increased outdoor activity comes the question: What’s the best way to protect our skin from skin cancer?
At Notre Dame of Maryland, men and women navigate historic change at formerly all-women’s university May 9, 2024By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Men were welcomed at the historically all-women university for the first time 1975 in the school’s Weekend College for adult undergraduate students and they were welcomed into graduate programs beginning in 1984, but the university did not go fully co-ed until this academic year.
Religious freedom among values threatened by world media, experts say at conference May 9, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News – The need for quality journalism and media ethics is increasingly high, experts underlined at the academic conference “Media for Man” organized by Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. “At this point, it is a matter of people’s security,” the organizers said.
Access to aid in Gaza should not be a ‘bargaining chip,’ Caritas says as people face ‘full-blown famine’ May 8, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Israel’s escalation in Rafah is only worsening the humanitarian situation for countless men, women and children caught in the crossfire, said Ireneusz Krause, deputy director for Caritas Poland.
