Pope, urging young Russians to be proud of their heritage, stirs controversy August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Although Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine may make peace seem an impossible dream, Pope Francis urged young Russian Catholics to sow seeds of reconciliation and peace however they can.
World needs politicians who uphold Catholic social teaching, pope says August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis prayed that God would raise up a new generation of “well-educated and faithful Catholics leaders committed to promoting the church’s social and ethical teachings” through public service, especially in politics.
Jesus, the living God, helps believers on path to holiness, pope says August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News If Jesus were just a great teacher or prophet or even hero from the past, imitating him and following him on the path to holiness would be impossible, Pope Francis said.
Gwynn Oak Unity Festival a reminder of the work done to dismantle racism – and the work that’s left to do August 28, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice In the spot where his brother priests were arrested 60 years earlier for helping to desegregate a Baltimore County amusement park, Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., offered a prayer to heal racial divisions Aug. 27.
Pope says there is a ‘strong reactionary’ element in U.S. Catholic Church August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church in the United States has “a very strong reactionary” element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic doctrine can and must grow and mature, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Portugal.
Radio Interview: ‘The Mother Teresa of Honduras’ – Sister Maria Rose Leggol August 28, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Social Justice Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Jessica Sarowitz, executive producer, and Nicole Bernaardi-Reis, director, of “With This Light,” about Sister Maria Rosa Leggol and her legacy.
Catholics say 1963 march brought change but see more work needed to realize Dr. King’s dream August 28, 2023By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Sixty years later “what’s pretty clear is that racism, ignorance and fear are still with us.”
Fla. bishop condemns racially motivated shooting: ‘Violence, bigotry have no place in our hearts or society’ August 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Racial Justice, World News A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store Aug. 26 in Jacksonville, saying, “Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society.”
Catholic Charities’ Dragon Boat races returning to Inner Harbor August 28, 2023By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Sports Teams will go head-to-head in all-day elimination Dragon Boat races to raise funds for Catholic Charities’ human service programs that benefit children and families, seniors, people affected by poverty, immigrants and individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Mercenary leader’s death stirs Catholic reflections in Russia and Ukraine August 28, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A Ukrainian Catholic bishop has urged Russians to learn lessons from the fate of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, and choose “true democracy” rather than “an unstable dictatorship.”
Priest who is popular podcaster urges Catholics to ‘get back in the game’ August 27, 2023By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “Father Mike,” as he is known from his wildly successful podcasts, including “The Bible in a Year” and “The Catechism in a Year,” kicked off the third season of a monthly speaker series in the Detroit Archdiocese with his address Aug. 8.
Women religious accompanying gang members in Mexico ‘inspire, motivate me,’ says one young man August 26, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, World News Missionaries pay their weekly visit to “Los Monckis,” a street gang of youngsters ranging in age from 7 to 26.
