Requiem Mass recalls homeless San Franciscans who died on the streets November 9, 2021By Christina Gray Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The “Requiem Mass for the Homeless” Nov. 6 featured the sacred music of Frank La Rocca, composer-in-residence of the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship in San Francisco.
Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed de Foucauld, others November 9, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other candidates for sainthood finally will be canonized May 15, 2022, the Vatican announced Nov. 9.
From slave to portraiture artist November 8, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Johnson is an important figure in early federal and late colonial American portraiture art, Fulco said, whose story shows the increasing contributions of African Americans to American society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Catholic university allows student group’s Planned Parenthood fundraiser November 8, 2021By Pablo Kay Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 5 he was “deeply disappointed” by Loyola Marymount University’s decision to allow a student group’s fundraiser for Planned Parenthood to go forward later the same day despite thousands of protests against the event.
Redemptorist Father Carl Hoegerl dies at 98 November 8, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Carl W. Hoegerl will be offered Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazon de Jesus in Highlandtown. Father Hoegerl died Nov. 4. He was 98.
Pope: True faith known by sincerity of heart, not hypocrisy of appearances November 8, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must strive for a sincere faith that seeks to serve others rather than to exploit the weakest for personal gain, Pope Francis said.
RADIO INTERVIEW: The Eucharist, Joys and Challenges of Catholic Journalism November 8, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Christopher Gunty talks with Los Angeles Bishop Robert Barron about the Eucharist and why the U.S. bishops are hoping for a revival of eucharistic devotion. The second segment features George Matysek Jr, new managing editor of Catholic Review Media, discussing the joys and challenges of working in Catholic journalism.
Citing new info, German law firm delays publication of Munich abuse study November 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News A report on the handling of sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising will not be presented this year as originally expected. The lawyers of the Munich law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl now plan to publish their findings in mid-January, reported the German church news agency KNA.
Archdiocese and OSV Institute will host workshop on innovation in evangelization November 5, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Our Sunday Visitor Institute will offer workshops Nov. 10 to help parish leaders explore how to innovate in evangelism outreach, learning how to take a project from idea to action.
Archbishop Gomez: Church must proclaim Christ ‘boldly’ in response to ‘woke’ movements November 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church must proclaim Jesus Christ “boldly” and “creatively” in the face of new secular movements that promote “social justice,” “wokeness” and “intersectionality,” among other beliefs, as the answer to all of society’s ills, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 4.
Bishops: Bill would help many but its funding of abortion is ‘unacceptable’ November 5, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The proposed Build Back Better Act has much-needed provisions “uplifting the common good,” but “it is completely unacceptable” the current House version of the bill “expands taxpayer funding of abortion,” the chairmen of six committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Nov. 3.
Father Joseph Doyle, S.S.J., Baltimore native who led New Orleans school, dies at 82 November 4, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father Doyle was inspired to become a Josephite while he was a student at Immaculate Conception School in Towson, where he read articles in The Josephite Harvest about the Baltimore-based religious society’s ministry in the African-American community.
