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Door-to-door ministry: Jesuit parish leaders visit every family in faith community

December 3, 2021
By Priscila González de Doran
Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News

Adrienne Marra was in the middle of household chores when her doorbell rang. She wondered who could be visiting in the middle of the pandemic, given that many institutions were forced to shut down and households had to quarantine and practice social distancing. To her surprise and delight, it was a friendly face from her parish of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock.

Vatican announces pope will bring migrants from Cyprus to Italy

December 3, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News

After Pope Francis denounced putting up “barbed wire” to keep out migrants and the practice of pushing boats back to countries where they face conditions similar to a “lager,” the Vatican announced he would help move a dozen migrants from Cyprus to Italy before Christmas.

God dreams of a world where all are welcomed as family, pope says

December 3, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis told migrants that, like them, God dreams of a world where everyone recognizes each other as brothers and sisters.

New Orleans billboard campaign reminds all to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’

December 3, 2021
By Peter Finney Jr.
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

Eternal hope is the overarching message of Christmas: A child born in a barn changed the world.

Giving Tuesday supporters’ generosity ‘goes above and beyond’

December 2, 2021
By Priscila González de Doran
Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore

Donors throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore pitched in to make “Giving Tuesday” a creative way of supporting parishes and Catholic outreach agencies of the area Nov. 30.

Pope accepts resignation of Paris archbishop, who denies accusations

December 2, 2021
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris, who had offered to step down to avoid “becoming a source of divisions,” after an article in the Le Point weekly claimed he mismanaged his archdiocese and had an affair with a woman while he was vicar general.

Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes 11 new seminarians

December 2, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

There are 11 new seminarians preparing to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, bringing the total number of seminarians to 54.

Young adults talk synod around a bonfire

December 2, 2021
By Priscila González de Doran
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Synodality

Sitting around a crackling bonfire and sipping hot apple cider, a group of young adults gathered outside St. John the Evangelist Church in Severna Park Nov. 5 to talk about the future of the Catholic Church and share their input regarding Pope Francis’ 2021-23 Synod on Synodality.

Clergy comfort students, community after tragic high school shooting

December 2, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Many were not Catholic, but they arrived at St. Joseph Catholic Church the night of Nov. 30 nonetheless — first a trickle, then a steady stream.

Archbishop Lori, pro-lifers hopeful about outcome of Dobbs case, urge prayers for court

December 2, 2021
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee Dec. 1 urged Catholics, people of other faiths and all people of goodwill to unite in prayer that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade in its eventual ruling on Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Justices seem willing to allow Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban

December 1, 2021
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

In the Supreme Court’s first major abortion case in decades – which looked at Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy – the majority of justices Dec. 1 seemed willing to let that ban stay in place.

All eyes are on Supreme Court for its biggest abortion case in decades

December 1, 2021
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Dec. 1 for the biggest abortion case in decades, all eyes — and ears — will be on the court.