Charter’s 20th anniversary calls for ‘continued vigilance,’ archbishop says June 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News The 20th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ passage of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” is “not a time of celebration, but a time of continued vigilance and determination,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Archdiocese of Baltimore helps provide mental health first aid training June 9, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore, as part of the Mental Wellness Initiative launched by Archbishop William E. Lori, has been providing mental health first aid training to parishioners throughout the archdiocese over the last few months.
Pope: People expect priests to be models, guides June 9, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News People have high expectations for priests to be good spiritual and moral guides, to be active in helping the community and families, and to be someone young people can look up to, Pope Francis told bishops and priests from Sicily.
Loyola receives $3 million donation for Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship June 9, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Colleges, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland graduates Nick Simon and Susie Simon made a $3 million donation to the Baltimore school’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship that will help support the center’s scholarship and research programs, according to a June 7 news release.
Bleacher Brothers stand out in crowd at Camden Yards, evangelizing through baseball June 9, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Father Casey Cole, 33, and Father Roberto Serrano, 35, are traveling 17,000 miles in less than three months this summer, visiting all 30 Major League Baseball parks on a mission to introduce fans to the Catholic Church. The trip included a stop at Oriole Park at Camden Yards June 7.
Sister M. Daniela McCarthy, I.H.M., dies at 101 June 9, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister M. Daniela McCarthy, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died May 30 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was 101.
Panel: Gun violence is pro-life issue that sensible gun laws must address June 9, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic leaders in an online discussion June 8 urged the faithful to look at gun violence as a pro-life issue, address the roots of racist thinking that promotes such violence and press for commonsense gun laws.
Man arrested for making death threats against Justice Kavanaugh June 9, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News A man threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s Maryland home June 8, carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties.
Two cultures in one faith for Sister Lucero Romero June 9, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Vocations Sister Lucero Romero made her first vows in 2017 and is preparing to profess her perpetual vows this year or next year.
‘Life and Dignity for All’ is theme of USCCB’s Religious Freedom Week June 8, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News “Life and Dignity for All” is the theme of this year’s Religious Freedom Week of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Catholic leaders decry federal judge’s ruling on lethal injections June 8, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic leaders expressed disappointment with a June 6 ruling by a federal judge in Oklahoma calling the state’s three-drug lethal injection method constitutional.
‘Don’t look away,’ children plead to Congress in gun control message June 7, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The young organizers of Students Demand Action were the first of several groups to arrive in Washington in early June for a week of protests demanding that U.S. lawmakers pass restrictions on high-powered weapons such as the ones that have been used in mass shootings, including at schools.
