Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions October 26, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.
Historic church called gift of faith from ‘incredibly brave’ Maryland colonists October 26, 2020By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The church is near the cradle of U.S. Catholicism, a few miles from St. Clement’s Island, where Jesuit Father Andrew White celebrated the first Mass in the English-speaking colonies March 25, 1634, after colonists from England made landfall there.
Archbishop Lori will assist at Father McGivney’s beatification Oct. 31 October 26, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Radio Interview With Venerable Father Michael McGivney, the parish priest who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882, to be beatified Oct. 31 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford, Conn., Archbishop William E. Lori was looking forward to witnessing history and honoring the man he referred to as “the parish priest of my soul.”
Polish bishops decry disruption of Masses over court’s abortion ruling October 26, 2020By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Poland’s bishops’ conference decried attacks on churches by demonstrators protesting a near-total ban on abortions by the country’s Constitutional Court and urged restraint from violence and dialogue.
Former spiritual adviser to Medjugorje visionaries excommunicated October 26, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A former priest who had been an early spiritual adviser to the alleged visionaries of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been excommunicated, according to an announcement by the Diocese of Brescia, Italy, where he lives.
Prelate celebrates his first Mass as cardinal-designate at historic Maryland church October 26, 2020By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News On a day of history for the U.S. Catholic Church, Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory — who four hours earlier had learned Pope Francis had named him a cardinal — celebrated his first Mass as a cardinal-designate Oct. 25 at Holy Angels Church in Avenue in Southern Maryland.
Cardinal-designate Gregory thanks pope ‘with grateful, humble heart’ October 25, 2020By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory, installed as Washington’ s archbishop in May 2019, thanked Pope Francis “with a very grateful and humble heart” for naming him as one of 13 new cardinals Oct. 25.
Pope announces new cardinals, including U.S. Archbishop Gregory October 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington.
Archbishop Lori to take part in virtual town hall on police reform October 23, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori will join Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and local elected officials for a virtual town hall Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. about police reform.
Vatican extends provisional agreement with China on naming bishops October 23, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News The Vatican and the Chinese government will extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops.
Catholic University’s McGivney collection documents sainthood candidate’s legacy October 22, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News The campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington is graced with a statue of Father Michael J. McGivney outside McGivney Hall on campus, but inside its archives is a special collection on the legacy of the soon-to-be-beatified founder of the Knights of Columbus.
Sister Margaret St. John Brocato, OSF, taught 32 years in Baltimore Archdiocese October 22, 2020By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered Oct. 22 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Margaret St. John Brocato, who died there Oct. 14 at age 92.
