Pilgrims mark anniversary of national shrine’s Our Mother of Africa Chapel September 25, 2022By Samantha Smith Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The National Black Catholic Congress hosted a pilgrimage celebration to the Our Mother of Africa Chapel.
Catholic Charities, other groups mobilize to help migrants bused to Chicago September 25, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News When busloads of migrants sent from Texas arrived outside Chicago’s Union Station, a consortium of public and nonprofit service providers swung into action.
Experts urge world to deter Russia from using nuclear weapons in Ukraine September 25, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A former deputy secretary-general of NATO said threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine must be taken seriously.
Conference takes bird’s-eye view at complex U.S. immigration landscape September 24, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News As federal authorities announced Sept. 20 an all-time high for the number of apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border — upward of 2 million — an annual immigration conference was taking place at Georgetown University’s Law Center campus in downtown Washington.
Padre Pio showed the world that ‘God is real,’ Cardinal O’Malley says September 24, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. Pio of Pietrelcina did not boast of his fame or holiness but instead showed that God “chooses the weak to confuse the strong,” said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston.
Hispanic immigrants voice their struggles as they pray on the streets of Highlandtown September 23, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News More than 80 Hispanic Catholics, mostly immigrants, processed from Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown to various stops while carrying wooden crosses, praying the Stations of the Cross and reflecting on immigrants’ testimonies about arriving to a new country.
Indiana abortion ban temporarily blocked as court challenge moves forward September 23, 2022By Natalie Hoefer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A judge issued a preliminary injunction Sept. 22 on a new Indiana abortion law that gives legal protection to most unborn babies.
Cardinal Parolin, Russian foreign minister meet at U.N. September 23, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Vatican News reported.
Interested in becoming a deacon? Archdiocese hosting learning sessions September 23, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore will host a series of information sessions for those interested in learning more about the deacon formation program.
Prayers offered for victims of Ukraine war, calls for peace renewed September 23, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington joined Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Sept. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember those who have been killed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to renew calls for peace for that war-ravaged nation.
Author, former Marine, ponders how faith tempers horror, violence September 23, 2022By Mike Mastromatteo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, World News In addition to garnering a National Book Award, “Redeployment” marked Phil Klay as a writing force to be reckoned with.
Russian priest says Catholics, including clerics, fear conscription September 22, 2022By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A senior Russian priest dismissed President Vladimir Putin’s threats of nuclear war as “just words,” but said many young Catholics now fear being forcibly conscripted with their priests to join the war against Ukraine.
