World Day for Grandparents and Elderly: A time for small acts of kindness June 24, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, Vatican, World News Try a little tenderness. That’s basically how Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 73, summarized Pope Francis’ vision for what older people, their grandchildren and friends should do to change the world after the COVID-19 pandemic.
House GOP leaders, attorneys general urge Congress to make Hyde permanent June 24, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and several other Republican leaders in the House asked their Democratic counterparts June 22 to take up a measure introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., that would make the long-standing Hyde Amendment permanent.
Self-righteous continue to disturb Christian community, pope says June 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Those who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ are humble and trust in God, they do not heap conditions upon others or promote themselves as the only “keepers of the truth,” Pope Francis said.
On the road with Joseph in the Archdiocese of Baltimore June 23, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Year of St. Joseph Early summer is a perfect time for the faithful to gain a plenary indulgence by taking a spiritual retreat to one of the destinations.
Father of Amazon.com founder gives gift of $12 million to Catholic school June 23, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Miguel Bezos, the immigrant father of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $12 million to a Catholic school in Delaware that housed and educated him when he arrived as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba in the early 1960s.
Vatican expresses concern about proposed Italian law on homophobia June 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News The Vatican has informed Italy that a draft law to fight homophobia and discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity could violate the freedom of Catholics to teach and practice their faith.
Archbishop Lori says bishops’ pastoral document on Eucharist will serve as foundation of eucharistic revival June 22, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News With their recent decision to draft a pastoral document on the Eucharist, the U.S. bishops “did not vote on a national policy to deny holy Communion to politicians who reject church teaching, especially regarding abortion,” Archbishop William E. Lori said in a June 22 letter to Catholics of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Bishop Rhoades: ‘There’s a great need to better understand Eucharist’s centrality’ June 22, 2021By Gretchen Crowe Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News In a Q&A, Bishop Rhoades explains why the bishops voted to write a teaching document on the mystery of the Eucharist and what it means for all U.S. Catholics.
Seen and unseen: The role of faith, reason in the search for alien life June 21, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes,” St. John Paul II said.
Emmitsburg ‘angel’: Travelers in distress find St. Anthony Shrine fortuitous crash site June 21, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Candida Montilla came upon the woman she describes as her guardian angel by accident – literally.
Pope names two U.S. cardinals, Altoona bishop to Vatican supreme court June 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, to be members of the Vatican’s supreme court.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Importance of fatherhood/New book by Tony Pagnotti June 21, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Radio Interview Josephite Father Kingsley Ogbuji shares some of his experiences ministering to prisoners and what he has learned about the importance of fatherhood. Also, Tony Pagnotti talks about his new book, “My Scripted and Unscripted Life: A Memoir of a TV Newsman.”