In interview, pope says he will remain in Rome until death March 1, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he believes he will die in Rome, either in office or retired, and will not be buried in his native Argentina.
Health care chaplains in Baltimore and beyond embrace self-care in COVID-19 work February 26, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Video, World News “This suffering on a daily basis takes an emotional toll, ” said Sandra Michocki, a chaplain at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. “In order for it not to swallow us,” she said, chaplains have to remember that God is always with them and “when we’re weary or we’re tired, we show up anyway; that’s all we can do.”
Religious order withdraws request to transfer founder’s remains to U.S. February 26, 2021By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News A religious order has withdrawn its request to exhume its founder and transfer some of her remains from England to Philadelphia.
Deacon Davis, who served Overlea parish for decades, dies at 84 February 26, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries “He ended up mentoring a lot of people,” Father Proffitt said. “He met people where they were. He was one of those deacons who got people past the idea that ‘we have to have a priest for a wedding or a baptism.’ Even in retirement, he continued to faithfully serve the community.”
Archdiocese of Baltimore plans ‘Safe Haven Sunday’ to fight pornography February 25, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News Parishes throughout the archdiocese will be encouraged to share pastoral resources for combatting pornography and to open up conversations about the dangers explicit materials pose to individuals, married couples and families.
Heroes of love: New pathway open for future saints February 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The new pathway to canonization puts the focus on the nature of the candidate’s death — that it was a free and willing offer of one’s Christian life and a heroic acceptance, out of love, of a certain and early death.
Bishops: If passed, Equality Act will ‘discriminate against people of faith February 25, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News If the House of Representatives passes the Equality Act, its mandates will “discriminate against people of faith” by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women’s sports, “and sex-specific facilities,” said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops’ committees.
Cardinal prays on CNN program marking 500,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S. February 23, 2021By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News During a Feb. 22 evening program on CNN, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a prayer for those who have died from COVID-19 asking God to “grant enteral peace to all our sisters and brothers lost to this disease.”
Pasadena parish cites pandemic in decision to close preschool February 23, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Local News, News, Schools Seven months after declining enrollment led St. Jane Frances School in Pasadena to transition from a pre-K3 through grade 8 school to an early learning center serving 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds, it has announced that ongoing financial issues related to the coronavirus pandemic will close the preschool at the end of the current academic year.
Father Snouffer, information technology trailblazer for archdiocese, dies at 83 February 23, 2021By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Philip Snouffer, who pioneered the use of information technology at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s central office in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Feb. 18 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
Not your grandfather’s — or father’s — Superman February 23, 2021By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Superman, in the guise of Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin), is now married to Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) and they have twin sons, Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alexander Garfin).
‘Blessing bags’ a focal point for merged St. Casimir Parish during pandemic February 23, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Feeding the hungry has become a rallying point for a faith community completing a period of transition.
