Baltimore bishops participate in blessing of new altar as Arlington diocese celebrates 50th anniversary September 6, 2024By Anna Harvey Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Nearly two years after renovations first began, the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Va., opened its doors, welcoming more than 1,000 parish representatives, donors, diocesan priests, deacons and women religious to a Mass celebrating the dedication of the cathedral’s new altar.
Notre Dame theologian urges Catholics to see the body of Christ in the migrant September 6, 2024By Jill Boughton OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News God so loved the world that he left his heavenly homeland and migrated to become one of us, laying down his life so that we in turn could complete our pilgrimage to our lasting homeland.
Suspects who threatened the pope arrested in Indonesia, local police say September 6, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online “terror threats” against the pope.
Pope receives warm nighttime welcome to Papua New Guinea September 6, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With a 21-cannon salute, Pope Francis was welcomed to Papua New Guinea Sept. 6, the second stop on his four-nation visit to Asia and the Pacific.
Exhibit highlights impact Reagan, St. John Paul II had on world through their shared moral vision September 6, 2024By John Lavenburg OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute opened a new exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on “The Pope and The President,” which shares “the story of President Reagan and St. John Paul II’s collaboration, friendship and legacies.
Laughing with Baltimore’s ‘church ladies’ September 6, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Over platters of turkey wraps, egg salad sandwiches, fresh fruit and cannoli, laughter filled the room as 10 women reminisced about their days working together at the Catholic Center in Baltimore.
Missing boy’s case spurs church groups to unite to combat human trafficking in Argentina September 6, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Social Justice, World News More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him.
Group confirmation scheduled for October at Basilica September 5, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s next group confirmation is scheduled for Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., will be the celebrant.
New Maori queen crowned in New Zealand — and she’s Catholic September 5, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Amid the grief following the death of their king, the Maori people rejoiced as the late monarch’s youngest daughter, Nga Wai hono i te po, was named as his successor.
German bishops call for responsible governing after ‘extreme right’ party wins local elections September 5, 2024By Karin Wollschläger OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The results of local elections in eastern Germany’s regions of Thuringia and Saxony prompted German bishops to call for “responsible” formation of a government, even under “difficult” circumstances as the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, won over 30 percent of the vote.
U.S. bishops’ conference releases new resource on Hispanic/Latino communities, ministries September 5, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church has released a resource kit “to help illustrate the profound impact of the Hispanic/Latino community within the Catholic Church in the United States,” according to a USCCB press release.
Catholic Charities will open bilingual center in Dundalk to support those affected by Key Bridge collapse September 5, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News Catholic Charities of Baltimore announced plans Sept. 5 to open and operate a new bilingual support center to provide a range of services to communities affected by the Key Bridge collapse and its aftermath.