Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers announcer and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94 August 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, best known for his 67 seasons calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles Aug. 2. He was 94.
Knights honor family of year, present inaugural Blessed McGivney Medal August 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Thousands of Knights of Columbus members and their families were welcomed to Nashville Aug. 1 for the 140th annual Supreme Convention of the Catholic fraternal men’s organization with a private concert at the legendary Grand Ole Opry House.
Archbishop Lori urges Congress to ‘seize hopeful moment,’ vote to protect life, common good August 4, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade “presents a historic opportunity to reshape society for the better,” said the chairmen of U.S. bishops’ committees on pro-life activities, religious liberty, marriage and family, and domestic policy.
Catholic Extension launches program for Uvalde children in wake of shooting August 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Chicago-based Catholic Extension launched the first of many initiatives it has planned over the next 18 months to support Uvalde, Texas, following the devastation of the Robb Elementary mass shooting.
Maryland Catholic Conference executive director witnesses devastation in Ukraine August 2, 2022By Nancy Menefee Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, War in Ukraine “It was extraordinarily jarring the first time the bombing sirens went off,” Kraska said. Equally jarring was traveling into downtown Lviv and seeing the paintings and statues of the cathedral and other buildings swathed in boards and metal in an attempt to protect them.
Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump August 2, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.
Bucharest Archdiocese welcomes order to demolish building near cathedral August 1, 2022By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Romanian officials have ordered the demolition of a 23-story office building overshadowing Bucharest’s Catholic cathedral, 10 years after a ruling that it was built illegally and endangers the historic landmark.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith August 1, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Is there intelligent extraterrestrial life elsewhere in the universe? And if there is, what do the Catholic Church, Scripture and theology have to say about it?
Pope says residential-school policy was part of ‘genocide’ plan July 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was “genocide,” Pope Francis said.
Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities July 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for Catholics’ complicity in breaking up their families and suppressing their languages.
Bishop Lewandowski offers invocation at police department’s summer awards program July 29, 2022By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Standing before more than 100 Baltimore police officers gathered with their families, Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski called for God to protect them and grant them courage and wisdom in their actions to keep the city safe.
House OKs anti-trafficking bill to ‘protect the most vulnerable among us’ July 29, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News “Critical” anti-trafficking legislation overwhelmingly approved by the House in a bipartisan vote July 26 “will go a long way toward protecting so many vulnerable people from exploitation while providing tremendous support and resources to victims,” said one of it is sponsors, Rep. Chris Smith, N.J.
