Discarding elderly a ‘betrayal’ of humanity, pope says June 15, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Seniors, Vatican, World News People have a responsibility to care for the elderly and cherish their wisdom rather than regard them as a burden on society, Pope Francis said.
Service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral remembers victims of war in Ukraine June 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News New York Ukrainian Catholics and other worshippers found community and solace June 11 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral where Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, led an evening memorial prayer service for the victims of the war in Ukraine.
USCCB plans to release more resources on abuse prevention, child protection June 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News The bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, invited Catholics June 13 “to pray for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, their families and all those who accompany survivors in the path toward healing, that they experience Christ’s profound love for them and God’s healing grace.”
Superpowers at war add to the world’s poor, pope says in message June 14, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The war in Ukraine is now one of several regional wars that “for years have taken a heavy toll of death and destruction,” the pope said in the message dated June 13, the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the poor.
Speaker at Washington anti-gun rally says nation must ‘replace the hate’ June 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The son of Ruth E. Whitfield, the oldest victim of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, told a rally in Washington June 11 that the nation needs to “lower” its weapons and “replace the hate.”
Hemispheric summit ends with immigration deal among countries June 14, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Twenty countries from the Americas, including the United States, signed a declaration June 10, the last day of the troubled Summit of the Americas, committing to help and protect “all migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless persons, regardless of their migratory status.”
Real-life experience: Pastoral formation helps seminarians learn to live the ministry of a priest June 14, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Pastoral formation is one of the four core disciplines of a seminarians’ education along with human, intellectual and spiritual formation.
5 Things to Know about the closing of the Year of Eucharist and Eucharistic Revival in the archdiocese June 13, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Five things to know about the Year of the Eucharist in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which comes to an end with the Feast of Corpus Christi June 19.
RADIO INTERVIEW: God healed me through St. Titus Brandsma June 13, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll shares the story of St. Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite priest who vehemently opposed the Nazis. St. Titus inspired Father Driscoll as a priest and it was through the saint’s intersession that Father Driscoll was healed of later-stage melanoma.
Archdiocesan Pastoral Council seeks applicants June 13, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, established by Archbishop William E. Lori in 2019 to facilitate dialogue between the archbishop and the laity of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is seeking applications to fill four positions on the 13-member consultative body.
Archbishop Lori, Cardinal Dolan decry attacks on pro-life centers June 13, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore pleaded for peace in light of recent attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers in the United States.
The church’s joy and mission is evangelization, pope says June 13, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Evangelization is the mission and joy of the church, Pope Francis told members of the Missionaries of Africa.
