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Frankincense’s future: Ancient gift endangered, risks depletion

December 11, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, News, Video, World News

The Gospel of Matthew never details how many Magi came from “the East,” but it makes it clear they traveled to pay homage to “the newborn king of the Jews” and “offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.”

Despite pandemic, there are ways to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 10, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, there are ways of celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Movie Review: ‘Half Brothers’

December 10, 2020
By John Mulderig
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News

Though director Luke Greenfield’s odd-couple road trip movie produces the occasional laugh, it’s effectively undercut by the fact that neither of its lead characters is a believable figure.

Cause opens for Louisiana priests who sacrificed their lives in 1873 epidemic

December 10, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News

The sacrifice of five Catholic priests who gave their lives ministering to people in Shreveport during the 1873 yellow fever epidemic is memorialized in stained glass at Holy Trinity Church in downtown.

Pope says Catholics can receive plenary indulgence for Guadalupe devotion

December 10, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News

With the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe closed for her feast to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis said Catholics still can receive a plenary indulgence Dec. 11 and 12 for their Marian devotion if they follow certain conditions.

Mother turns Cathedral of Mary Our Queen family’s trauma into podcast

December 9, 2020
By Mary K. Tilghman
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News

Five years to the day of the accident, Senft launched a podcast, Blink of an Eye (BlinkOfAnEyePodcast.com) Aug. 4. Weekly episodes based on her notes are designed to help others facing traumatic crises.

Jupiter, Saturn to put on ‘Christmas Star’ show at winter solstice

December 9, 2020
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, News, World News

A once-every-two-decade conjunction involving the solar system’s two gas giants will give earthbound observers a look at a so-called “Christmas Star” on the winter solstice.

Michigan project to replicate Padre Pio’s famed hospital in Italy is underway

December 8, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Thanks to the vision, faithfulness and tenacity of several Catholic health care organizations, individuals and the patronage of Lansing Bishop Earl A. Boyea, the Howell project, known as “Casa USA,” seeks to duplicate St. Pio’s hospital complex for the first time outside of Italy, including an exact replica of the great Capuchin Franciscan saint’s original friary church.

Independent group lauds Archdiocese of Baltimore’s financial transparency

December 8, 2020
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Fiscal Services, Local News, News

Voice of the Faithful, an independent group of lay faithful, released its fourth annual survey of financial transparency by dioceses in the U.S., with the Archdiocese of Baltimore one of only five in the country to earn a perfect score of 100 in the 2020 review.

Pope proclaims year dedicated to St. Joseph

December 8, 2020
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Year of St. Joseph

Marking the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared patron of the universal church, Pope Francis proclaimed a yearlong celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus.

Cardinal Piacenza upholds ‘probable invalidity’ of confession by phone

December 8, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Even though the world is facing a pandemic that may limit many people’s ability to celebrate the sacraments, particularly those people who are in isolation, quarantining or hospitalized with COVID-19, confession by phone is still most likely invalid, said Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary.

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center receives $100,000 donation

December 7, 2020
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

To celebrate the redesign of its newest branch location in Towson, Rosedale Federal Savings & Loan Association has made a charitable gift of $100,000 in support of University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.

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