Catholic actors Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson begin film on priest’s life May 10, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Filming has begun on “Stu,” which tells the story of a Father Stuart Long, a onetime boxer who became a priest and died in 2014.
Vatican dicastery forms working group on ‘excommunication of mafias’ May 10, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Marking the beatification of an Italian judge murdered by the Mafia, a Vatican office announced the formation of a working group on “the excommunication of mafias.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: The life and faith of Gerard Manley Hopkins May 10, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Shaileen Beyer speaks with Catharine Randall about her new book, “A Heart Lost in Wonder: The Life and Faith of Gerard Manley Hopkins.”
During ‘Vax Live’ concert, pope says to put health before profits by making vaccine more available May 10, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called for a global fight against the virus of “closed nationalism” and lack of concern for the poor by supporting “the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights” that prevent the widespread manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines.
Quintuplets’ parents rely on Catholic faith in daily challenges May 8, 2021By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News When Patricia Eze jokes, “I have a full house,” she is not talking about a poker hand. On June 25, 2020, she delivered quintuplets at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland.
CYO dance leads to 52 years of marriage May 8, 2021By Karen Sampson Hoffman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, It's about love, Local News, News They will celebrate 52 years of marriage this month, two days after this year’s Preakness. The secrets to a happy marriage, both agreed, are putting your spouse first and taking the other person’s feelings into consideration in everything you do.
Archdiocese of Baltimore suspends Marianist brother May 8, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today that a lawsuit was filed last month in New York state court alleging that Brother Thomas Trager, S.M. had engaged in sexual abuse of a minor in about 2009 in New York. Brother Trager was separately accused of abuse in New York in 2010 and, after investigation, civil authorities ruled the accusation was unfounded and the charge was dismissed.
COVID-19 takes toll on church leaders in India May 7, 2021By Catholic News Service Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders.
Chicago interfaith leaders decry violence against Asian Americans May 7, 2021By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Interfaith leaders in Chicago May 2 rallied against racism and rising incidents of violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, saying all people deserve fair and equal treatment.
San Diego bishop: Don’t weaponize the Eucharist for political ends May 6, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “The Eucharist must never be instrumentalized for a political end, no matter how important,” said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego in a May 5 essay published on the website of America magazine, the Jesuit journal.
Pope tells new Swiss Guards they represent a church that welcomes May 6, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis thanked the young men for having chosen to serve the successor of St. Peter and he thanked all the guards for their diligence and service.
Welcoming migrants, refugees is opportunity for growth, pope says May 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News As countries become more culturally and ethnically diverse, their Catholic communities become more “catholic” and their societies can increasingly reflect the fact that all people are brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.
