‘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.
Faith is a call to service and mission, pope tells U.S. seminarians January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The call to faith in Jesus always is a call to service and mission, Pope Francis told seminarians, priests and staff of the Pontifical North American College.
Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria; other Christians in Congo killed January 16, 2023By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Deadly violence hit Christians in Africa Jan. 15, with a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria burned to death and as many as 17 Christians killed in a blast in eastern Congo.
Archbishop Lori testifies to a litany of love, at St. Joseph’s ‘Life is Beautiful’ Mass January 16, 2023By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Archbishop William E. Lori used a personal reflection from his 103-year-old mother to illustrate the “gift of life” during the annual Life is Beautiful Mass Jan. 15 at St. Joseph in Fullerton.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Start fresh with your spiritual life January 16, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Sister Elena Morcelli shares practical ways for everyone to grow in their interior life for this new year, including listening and recognizing the Lord speaking to us.
Lead others to Jesus, not to yourself, pope says at Angelus January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. John the Baptist is a model for Christian witness, leading others to Jesus and then stepping out of the way so they follow the Lord and not the person who evangelized them, Pope Francis said.
Catholics must be ‘active participants’ in MLK’s ‘unfinished’ work, Cardinal Gregory says at Mass January 16, 2023By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best honored when people “recall to mind and heart that the issues Dr. King placed before our nation have not been adequately accomplished,” and strive to continue his work, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said during a Jan. 15 Mass honoring the legacy of the late civil rights leader.
