Maryland, New Jersey cases on public schools’ trans student policy, parental rights get day in court August 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A federal appeals court threw out a Maryland lawsuit Aug. 14 from parents challenging guidelines barring teachers from notifying parents if a student identifies as transgender. In New Jersey, a case is under consideration by a judge after the state government objected to three Monmouth County school districts implementing new policies requiring school staff to notify parents in such cases.
Letters reveal disgraced Alabama priest believes he is married to 18-year-old and their running away is ‘Jesus’ will’ August 18, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Alabama priest disgraced after abandoning his parish to travel to Italy with an 18-year-old woman described himself as “married” to her in a Valentine’s Day letter.
‘Oppenheimer’ gives Catholics opportunity to explain injustice of nuclear weapons August 18, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The recently released cinema biopic “Oppenheimer” dramatizes the progressive development, assembly, testing and detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb which then led to the dropping of two such bombs over Japan in the twilight days of World War II.
Maryland court rules religious exemption bars discrimination claim against CRS August 17, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Aug. 14 that the religious exemption in the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act “bars claims (of) religious, sexual orientation, and gender identity discrimination against religious organizations by employees who perform duties that directly further the core mission(s) of the religious entity.”
For Virginia priest, ‘ale-vangelizing’ is chance to chat over a beer, meet people where they are August 17, 2023By Kristen L. Byrd OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News This spring Trapezium Brewing Co. in Petersburg, Va., launched the second release of his signature “Father Brian’s Bourbon Barrel Brown Ale,” where hundreds of family, friends and past parishioners toasted the beloved priest.
‘Miraculous’ survival of Maui Catholic church seen as sign of hope amid wildfire destruction August 16, 2023By Patrick Downes OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “For us, it’s like a miracle,” Msgr. Terrence Watanabe, the Honolulu Diocese’s vicar of Maui and Lanai, said about Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in the town of Lahaina being seemingly untouched by the fierce Maui wildfires Aug. 8-9.
Loyola University Maryland proposes new nursing program in partnership with Mercy Medical Center August 16, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland announced Aug. 15 that it intends to offer a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program to help address Maryland’s ongoing nursing workforce shortage. The program will be in partnership with Mercy Medical Center, which will provide clinical placements at Mercy’s downtown Baltimore campus, in addition to other resources and support.
Latest Trump indictment alleges ‘criminal enterprise’ to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results August 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted in Georgia Aug. 14 over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, prosecuting him under an anti-racketeering statute alleging he and his aides conducted a “criminal enterprise” to keep him in office despite his election loss to President Joe Biden.
What the papacy of John Paul I, ‘The September Pope,’ could have looked like August 16, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Besides getting a pope with a great smile and a winning demeanor, the cardinals who elected him Aug. 26, 1978, unwittingly picked a man with health issues that only 33 days later would lead to his death, making his pontificate one of the shortest ever.
Conventual Franciscans make simple profession of vows August 15, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Heine, minister provincial of Our Lady of the Angels Province of his religious community, received the simple profession of vows from Friar Vincent Mary Ouly and Friar Marvin Paul Fernandez July 21, at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, Md. The Rite of Profession marked the end of the first year of their novitiate.
RADIO INTERVIEW: World Youth Day changed my life – over the long haul August 15, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 World Youth Day 2023 has wrapped up and many young people had memorable experiences, but is it just a short-term spiritual high?
Archdiocese collaborates to sponsor Gwynn Oak Unity Festival celebrating 60th anniversary of civil rights event August 15, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore will be one of the lead sponsors for the festival, which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of a now-closed private amusement park in the community.
