Franciscan Father Richard Rome to serve at St. Casimir in Canton after ordination June 12, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Rome was ordained June 8 at St. Casimir in Canton, joining the Our Lady of the Angels Province as its newest priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.
Spirit and Scripture combined cast light on life’s problems, pope says June 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, News, Vatican, World News Christians should read Scripture often, every day if possible, and look to the Spirit if reading the Gospel ever feels dry, Pope Francis said.
Pope encourages priests to reach out to those who are ‘invisible’ June 12, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis encouraged priests to seek out those who are “invisible” in society and he warned against “ideologies” in the church.
Pax Christi is honored with first Dorothy Day Peacemaker Award as global conflicts spike June 12, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News On June 11 — at a breakfast before the annual spring meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Louisville, Kentucky — Pax Christi received the inaugural Dorothy Day Peacemaker Award from the Dorothy Day Guild.
Marquette University’s first lay president dies in Rome on pilgrimage June 12, 2024By Sam Lucero OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Obituaries, World News Michael R. Lovell, 57, president of Marquette University, died June 9 in Italy while on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage with members of the Society of Jesus and the Jesuit university’s board of trustees.
Swedish cardinal urges Catholics to make voices heard on abortion issue June 12, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Sweden’s Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm called on the country’s Catholics to engage others in meaningful ways to protect the lives of the unborn.
Pro-life advocates mark 2 years since Dobbs: ‘We have a challenge on our hands’ June 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Prior to the second anniversary of a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its prior abortion precedent, pro-life activists said much of their work remains to be done.
Man arrested outside Salt Lake City cathedral, charged with assault June 11, 2024By Marie Mischel OSV News Filed Under: News, World News The assault at the Salt Lake City cathedral is one of the latest incidents occurring at Catholic churches in the U.S. and Canada, among them a Texas priest being pepper-sprayed while hearing confessions in April and 10 protesters disrupting the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York March 30.
Back to basics: New stage of formation helps shape spiritually grounded seminarians June 11, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Promoted by Pope Francis, the additional year of formation focuses less on academics and more on cultivating virtue and a well-tuned prayer life – along with a sense of service and fraternity.
Coming home: First-year seminarians returning to historic Paca Street location June 11, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations A $10 million project to open the Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation is nearing completion along Paca Street in Baltimore, with the first seminarians expected to arrive in August.
Music teaches harmony with others, self and church, pope says June 11, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church should function like a choir where every member contributes his or her unique part to create a harmonious whole, Pope Francis said.
Eucharist reflects God’s ‘journey of love’ with his people, Cardinal Gregory says June 10, 2024By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Eucharist reflects God’s steadfast friendship and “journey of love” with his people, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said in his homily at the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Mass June 9 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
