U.S. bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop upcoming federal executions November 19, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In response to the upcoming federal execution of Orlando Hall Nov. 19, and two more federal executions scheduled to take place in December, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.
World leaders must not use pandemic for political gain, pope says November 19, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Government leaders and authorities must not exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to discredit political rivals but instead set aside differences to find “viable solutions for our people,” Pope Francis said.
Movie Review: ‘Come Away’ November 19, 2020By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Take “Peter Pan,” add a dash of “Alice in Wonderland,” stir in the poetry of William Butler Yeats and you have the recipe for “Come Away” (Relativity), an intriguing if slightly schizophrenic fairy tale.
EU Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic November 19, 2020By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region’s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities.
Baltimore Catholic schools to go virtual for three days after Thanksgiving November 19, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic schools will suspend in-person learning for three days after the Thanksgiving holiday to monitor students and staff for symptoms of the coronavirus, officials said this week.
Baltimore Catholic League has two alums taken in first round of NBA draft November 19, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Jalen Smith of Mount St. Joseph High School and Immanuel Quickley of The John Carroll School were selected in the first round of the NBA draft.
An outpouring of support for first African American cardinal-designate for U.S. November 19, 2020By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ appointment of a cardinal for Rwanda — a first — is seen as appreciation for the efforts of the Catholic Church to reconcile people after the country’s 1994 genocide.
Loyola University Maryland to receive its largest gift: $6.3 million November 18, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News James Lambdin, a graduate of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, and his wife, Anna, have selected Loyola University Maryland as the beneficiary of $6.3 million from their estate
‘Hope in a box’: Former IND students distribute Thanksgiving meals to those in need November 18, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Christmas, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Institute of Notre Dame may be closed, but its decades-long tradition of outreach to the community has not ended.
Working group formed to deal with conflicts between Biden policies, church teaching November 18, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address issues surrounding the election of a Catholic president and policies that may come about that would be in conflict with Catholic teaching and the bishops’ priorities.
First cardinal for Rwanda seen as approval of church’s reconciliation role November 18, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ appointment of a cardinal for Rwanda — a first — is seen as appreciation for the efforts of the Catholic Church to reconcile people after the country’s 1994 genocide.
Bishops add COVID-19, anti-racism elements to four-year strategic plan November 17, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Racial Justice, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2020, World News Although the U.S. bishops’ four-year strategic plan was adopted one year ago, it was not scheduled to go into effect until January 2021.
