Pope tells priests: Be icons of Christ, wipe tears like Veronica April 5, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Priests are called to be “a true icon of Jesus,” drawing closer to God the father by devoting their lives to the care of all God’s children, Pope Francis wrote.
CRS workers remain in Gaza after colleagues killed in strike April 4, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Catholic aid workers in Gaza are determined to continue their mission after a deadly strike killed colleagues from a fellow organization.
Religions must counter war rhetoric with focus on peace, pope says April 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News In a world filled with “bellicose rhetoric,” religious leaders must make extra efforts to speak of peace and to nurture every action and attitude that lessens tensions and increases dialogue, Pope Francis said.
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ after powerful 7.4 magnitude quake strikes Taiwan April 4, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the people of Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island nation’s eastern shore.
Social Ministry Convocation gets fresh look for 45th annual event April 4, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The Social Ministry Convocation serves as an annual showcase and educational forum for Baltimore’s chapter of the Campaign for Catholic Human Development.
‘Scouting is back,’ going strong teaching life skills to youths in Archdiocese of Baltimore April 4, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Scouting, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Archdiocesan Scouting officials hope to glimpse the future of the programs at an April 19-21 retreat at Walkersville Watershed in Frederick. It’s the first since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Father Jim Bors, appointed last year as chaplain of the Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting Leadership, hopes it will show “that Scouting is back.”
Franciscan Sister Joan Bunty dies at 88 April 3, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Joan Bunty, (formerly Sister Josephine Mary) will be offered April 4 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Joan died March 31. She was 88 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 68 years.
New perpetual adoration chapel set to open in Linthicum April 3, 2024By Branan D. Thompson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News The interior of St. Philip Neri church was renovated in December 2020, and the adoration chapel, a project that began in spring 2023, was designed with the recent renovation in mind.
Cardinals worried about liberation theology in 2013 conclave, pope says April 3, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News A group of cardinals asked Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in-depth questions about liberation theology and its political consequences before deciding to elect him pope in 2013, Pope Francis said.
Righteous people work for the good of all, pope says April 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News While giving each person his or her due is fundamental for justice, the virtue of justice is not concentrated on the individual in isolation but on ensuring the common good of all, Pope Francis said.
War is ‘folly,’ pope says as he leads prayers for Ukraine, Gaza April 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing a rosary.
Multiple states to place abortion on the ballot in November April 3, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Multiple states will have measures to expand access to abortion on their ballots in November, a key challenge for pro-life groups in the fall after their losses on similar contests in post-Dobbs elections.
