Planned Parenthood drops suit against Indiana abortion law on ultrasounds August 24, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ending three years of legal dueling, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced Aug. 20 that Planned Parenthood has conceded defeat in a lawsuit that challenged a state law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion.
Emotions run high as Baltimore Archdiocese ordains five to priesthood August 22, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Video, Vocations Archbishop William E. Lori ordained five men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Fathers Zachary Crowley, Brendan Fitzgerald, Justin Gough, Evan Ponton and Jeremy Smith.
Monsignor Paul Byrnes, ‘super pastor’ to Western Maryland, dies at 84 August 21, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate Monsignor Paul Byrnes, who was known for years as the “super pastor” of Western Maryland, died Aug. 19 at his home along Deep Creek Lake. He was 84.
In new term, Supreme Court once again takes up religious liberty August 21, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News As part of what seems to be a new trend for the Supreme Court, it will once again take up a religious liberty case in its new term with oral arguments Nov. 4 in a case about a Catholic social service agency excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.
Franciscan aims to break treadmill marathon record, raise money for outreach August 21, 2020By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Sister Stephanie Baliga, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist of Chicago, will run a marathon Aug. 23 on a treadmill in the basement of her community’s convent in the city’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Prayers at Democratic convention seek compassion for people, planet in peril August 21, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News Prayers offered by a pair of prominent Catholics during the closing night of the Democratic National Convention focused on addressing the needs of people on the margins of society and a planet facing environmental catastrophe.
Bishop Bransfield repays W.Va. diocese, publicly apologizes August 20, 2020By Colleen Rowan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishop Brennan said the $441,000 Bishop Bransfield has repaid to the diocese will be added to funds already set aside by the sale of his former residence to be used for assistance to victims of abuse.
Academy unveils effort to fight mafia’s ‘deviant spirituality’ of Mary August 20, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Given the many criminal organizations and gangs worldwide that have distorted the true role and image of Mary, a pontifical academy has unveiled a new department dedicated to fighting “this deviant spirituality.”
Sister Marie Cecilia Irwin, longtime head of St. Joseph Hospital, dies at 89 August 19, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Franciscan Sister Marie Cecilia Irwin, who for nearly two decades led what is now the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, died Aug. 17 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. She was 89. Known for her warm bedside manner and dedication to […]
Five men to be ordained priests of Baltimore Archdiocese Aug. 22 August 19, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “Ordination Week” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes Aug. 22, when Archbishop William E. Lori ordains five men to the priesthood at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
Democratic Party urged to be ‘big tent’ and welcome its pro-life members August 19, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Alison Centofante, director of external affairs at Live Action, observed: “Abortion’s not a partisan issue,” but rather is based on what science has learned about fetal development in the womb.
Family, friends go the distance for Bishop Lewandowski August 19, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News The logistics for the Aug. 18 episcopal ordination of Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., involved multiple cars filled with members of the Ohio native’s family.
