Surge in COVID-19 cases generates crisis standards of care in several Maryland hospitals January 6, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Catholic hospitals in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are being hit by medical and clinical staffing shortages and other challenges as the surge in COVID-19 cases continues filling emergency rooms throughout the state.
Jesus is star guiding people to joy, pope says on Epiphany January 6, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Just as the Magi were guided by a shining star, Christians can rest assured that the light of Christ will guide them to a happy and meaningful life, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany.
Priest continues to counsel police one year after Capitol insurrection January 6, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A year since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Msgr. Salvatore A. Criscuolo continues to see the physical pain and mental stress among officers of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
Vatican newspaper remembers Jan. 6 siege as attack on U.S. democracy January 6, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, “represented a direct blow to the heart of American democracy,” the Vatican newspaper said.
Pro-life supporters prepare to march for life in Washington and Annapolis January 5, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life As the U.S. Supreme Court considers Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Maryland’s pro-life supporters are ready to show their support for the sanctity of life at the Jan. 21 March for Life in Washington, D.C., and the Feb. 3 Maryland March for Life in Annapolis.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Bible in a Year January 5, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bible, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Are you making a New Year’s resolution to enhance your spiritual life? Start with sacred Scripture.
Court sets March date for former Cardinal McCarrick’s hearing January 4, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Proceedings before a criminal trial involving former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick will continue March 3 in Massachusetts, where he faces three counts of sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s.
Law firm to publish report on handling of abuse in Munich Archdiocese January 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News In mid-January, the law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl is scheduled to publish a report into the handling of clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
Mother Seton shrine launches initiatives to expand awareness of U.S. saint January 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg is launching a series of initiatives to expand awareness of first U.S.-born saint, it announced Jan. 4, on the saint’s feast day.
With foreign donation license denied, Missionaries of Charity ration food January 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Since Christmas, the Missionaries of Charity have been strictly rationing the food and daily use items for their regular 600 beneficiaries at their motherhouse and Shishu Bhavan, a children’s orphanage. On Jan. 2, the breakfast of tea, bread, and eggs was cut short by an hour.
Wearing a mask at Mass is a small sacrifice pleasing to God, priest says January 3, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Wearing a high-filtering mask over one’s nose and mouth at Mass “is a small sacrifice we can bring to the altar as an offering pleasing to God for the good of all his children,” said Father Roberto Colombo, a geneticist and member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Cardinal Gregory, who tested positive for COVID-19, remains asymptomatic January 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory announced in a Dec. 31, 2021, statement that he tested positive for COVID-19. He was asymptomatic at the time and remained so Jan. 3, according to the media relations director for the archdiocese.
