More Americans identify as pro-choice, but most support some legal curbs to abortion January 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Although most Americans describe themselves as pro-choice, a majority also would support some legal limits on abortion, while keeping the procedure largely available, according to a new Marist Poll sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
Co-founder of Roberta’s House honored for touching thousands of lives at ‘Faith in Baltimore’ gathering January 18, 2023By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore held its annual “Faith in Baltimore” gathering Jan. 17 at Mercy High School, where it honored Annette March-Grier for her decades of caring for local citizens in need of grief support services.
Sister André, a Daughter of Charity and oldest known person in world, dies in France at age 118 January 18, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Sister André, a Daughter of Charity and the world’s oldest known person, died at age 118, a spokesman of the nursing home where she died told AFP agency on Tuesday.
Eucharistic Revival songwriting competition seeks to inspire Catholic music January 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Eucharistic Revival Musical Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, seeks entries from Catholic composers, poets and songwriters for Catholic music, with a particular emphasis on texts that focus on the Eucharist or the church’s unity as the body of Christ.
To be pastoral, look to the Good Shepherd, pope says January 18, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must develop a pastoral heart to care for those who have not heard the Gospel or who have left the fold, Pope Francis said.
Catholic groups say increasing Russian missile attacks make providing supplies to Ukrainians ‘extremely dangerous’ January 17, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News In a national message Jan. 15, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, said the attack on Dnipro, where three days of mourning were declared, had been the “most tragic” of 57 weekend missile strikes against Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities.
‘It’s a peace walk, we are praying’: Nearly 100 gather at St. Bernardine on MLK Jr. Day January 17, 2023By Mitzy Deras Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Parishioners and guests of St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore sang the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the beginning of a prayer service Jan. 16 at noon, during the parish’s 10th annual Peace Walk in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monsignor Edward Michael Miller.
Seminary formation returns to its Baltimore roots on Paca Street January 17, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations The site of the first seminary in the United States will be home to a new program for those discerning a vocation to the priesthood when a regional house of formation opens at St. Mary’s on Paca Street.
Health care is a universal right, not a luxury, pope says January 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News Health care is not a luxury, it is a right that belongs to everyone, Pope Francis told health care workers.
Nothing can diminish the value of any human being, pope says January 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News No physical limitation or setback can diminish the value of any human being because each person is a unique and beloved child of God, Pope Francis said.
Pope to confer ministries of lector, catechist at Mass Jan. 22 January 17, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Francis will celebrate the fourth annual Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 22 and, like he did last year, will confer the ministries of lector and catechist on several lay people, according to the Dicastery for Evangelization.
‘Bear witness to the truth’ on Religious Freedom Day, cardinal says January 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops marked Religious Freedom Day Jan. 16 by encouraging Catholics engaged in public life to examine their consciences and heed the late Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in prioritizing truth and reason.
