Radio Interview: Ask a Bishop with Bishop Adam J. Parker October 7, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Listeners of Catholic Review Radio get their chance to ask Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker whatever questions are on their mind in this first-ever “Ask a Bishop” episode of the program.
Bishop Martin surveys Helene relief efforts in North Carolina October 7, 2024By OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, Giving, News, World News Helene — which made landfall in Florida late in the evening of Sept. 26 as a Category 4 Hurricane and was downgraded the next day — has been reported to be one of the deadliest storms in the U.S., with more than 215 people confirmed dead
As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede October 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to “intercede for our world in danger.”
Love is beautiful when lived generously, pope says at Angelus October 7, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Love is demanding, but it is also beautiful when a woman and a man love each other fully, “without half measures,” Pope Francis said.
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen undergoes dramatic lighting renovation October 7, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Father Louis Bianco, rector of Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, said the goal of the lighting project was to restore the original intent of the 1959 lighting design, which had cast warm light throughout the building.
Pope announces he will create 21 new cardinals in December October 6, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop who heads his church’s eparchy in Melbourne, Australia.
In the ‘bleeding region,’ Gaza Strip’s Christian community lifts each other up, defying reality October 6, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Even though death surrounds them every day, Gaza Strip’s Christian community tries to “relieve the suffering” by assisting each other with spiritual and material needs.
CNEWA launches emergency campaign as Israel-Hamas war expands into Lebanon October 4, 2024By Gina Christian Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As the Israel-Hamas war expands into Lebanon, an agency of the Holy See has launched an emergency campaign to assist thousands of displaced families in that nation’s south.
A ‘living hell’: Survivor of Oct. 7 attack, father of hostage reflect as conflict approaches one year October 4, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Almost 100 families still await news of their loved ones who continue to be held hostage in the Gaza Strip after being abducted last year. Among those taken on Oct. 7, 2023, is Sagui, the 35-year-old American-Israeli who is the son of Jonathan Dekel-Chen.
Synodality, an antidote to polarization, helps mission, cardinal says October 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News At the end of a multiyear process of listening, praying, discussing and discerning, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said he hopes the Synod of Bishops can give Catholics four practical suggestions for being a more “synodal” church.
Synod stresses global approach to role of women, doctrinal development October 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, Vocations, World News Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society, said an Australian bishop, who is a member of the Synod of Bishops.
Helene’s impact across broad swath of US South leaves resources stretched thin October 4, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Hurricane Helene’s broad impact across an entire swath of the U.S. South means resources will be stretched thin following the massive storm, according to Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.
