The purpose of the retreat is “helping men and women open their hearts to Jesus Christ as the healer,” he said, adding that “it is not just emotional, but a spiritual journey of the heart.”
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Blessed Virgin Mary statue returns to Mount, but renovations aren’t complete
A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was returned July 20 to her perch at the National Shrine Grotto overlooking Mount St. Mary’s University, but not yet as a finished product.
Documents detailing Portuguese Inquisition to become available online
Rare documentation of the Portuguese Inquisition with detailed information about the sentencing trials which took place 500 years ago have been digitized for the first time in the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem’s National Library of Israel.
Covenant between humanity, environment needed, pope says
In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, the pope said the current climate crisis is a call for men and women, especially Christians, to “repent and modify our lifestyles and destructive systems.”
U.S. citizens have responsibility to promote religious freedom, speaker says
Violations of religious liberty are increasing around the world, and U.S. citizens have a special responsibility to stand up for the religious freedom of all believers in all nations, said Samah Norquist, former chief adviser for international religious freedom to the administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development.
Sister Mary Clare Hughes, D.C., Baltimore native who ministered in hospitals, dies at 97
A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Clare (Anne Clare) Hughes was offered June 30 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Clare died June 25. She was 97.
Diocesan respect-life leaders meet in Baltimore, look to support women in need
Approximately 50 pro-life leaders gathered in Baltimore July 18-20 for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference, livestreamed for remote participants.
Pope’s words in Canada may have broader reach, official says
Pope Francis’ July trip to Canada was born out of his meetings with the nations’ Indigenous people and was planned around encounters with them, and if the pope’s words “have value elsewhere,” like throughout the Americas, all the better, said the director of the Vatican press office.
Pope meets with Monaco royalty at Vatican
Pope Francis interrupted his traditional July break to meet with Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife, Princess Charlene, at the Vatican.
After Dobbs, states focus on abortion laws, interstate travel for abortions
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling June 24 in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned the court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling returned the legislative authority to regulate abortion to the states.
Vatican investments must follow Catholic social teaching, new policy says
The Vatican released a new policy consolidating the investment portfolios of all offices and keeping all current and future investments in line with the social doctrine of the Catholic Church.
War and peace: Ukraine ambassador sees vital role for Vatican
For Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Francis’ consistent reminder of “the barbarism of war” is needed because “four months of war has made a lot of people around the world accustomed to this situation.”