Matchmakers for Dundalk couple include School Sister of Notre Dame August 4, 2021By Karen Sampson Hoffman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, It's about love, Local News, News “Our faith has created a nice foundation for us to grow,” Kate said. “We’ve had a similar education, similar experiences. Having those experiences together has made it really easy for us to grow together.”
Hundreds march for voting rights, justice near U.S. Capitol; 200 arrested August 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Hundreds of people marched — and over 200 of them were arrested — Aug. 2 at a “Moral Monday” rally for voting rights and economic justice near the Capitol.
USCCB, Catholic groups, politicians back Mississippi in court abortion case August 3, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic leaders, pro-life organizations, Republican members of Congress and several governors are among those on a long list of supporters backing Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and urging the court to reexamine its previous abortion rulings when it takes up this case in the fall.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dante Barksdale’s Last Act August 2, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Christopher Gunty talks with Daniel O’Connor, who produced “Dante Barksdale’s Last Act,” and the two inspiring mothers – Kenyati Gerald and Terri Abbott – who forgave the men who took the life of their sons.
MRS among U.S. agencies helping resettle Afghan translators, interpreters August 2, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its Migration and Refugee Services “are proud to have the opportunity to welcome and assist those who have kept Americans safe in Afghanistan,” said the USCCB president and the chairman of the bishops’ migration committee July 30.
Camp St. Vincent’s children return to fresh air, open spaces of Patterson Park August 1, 2021By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Immaculate Conception Parish in Towson resumed hosting its annual Vacation Bible School, after taking off 2020 due to COVID-19.
While space tourism needs regulations, a Jesuit astronomer is ready to go July 31, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News With private companies planning to expand their offerings in orbital and suborbital space tourism and more and more civilians already shooting into space, one Jesuit astronomer said if he were ever offered the possibility, he would go.
Bishops say Spain trying to ‘dismantle the Christian worldview’ July 30, 2021By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Spain’s Catholic bishops warned of growing division and tension in their country over government attempts to “deconstruct and dismantle the Christian worldview.”
Sister Katherine Ann Durney, C.B.S., nursed in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies at 97 July 30, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Katherine Ann Durney, whose nursing career brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died July 23 at Marian Hall in Marriottsville, the retirement home for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA. She was 97.
Into the deep: Scuba-diving faithful honor Christ underwater July 30, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The statue, located offshore halfway between the small coastal villages of Camogli and Portofino, was the first known statue of Christ to be placed in the sea as a sign of his peace and protection for those who live, work or play by the water, to be a place of prayer and to commemorate those who have died there.
Bad blood: Old rivalry revives at Vatican property trial July 30, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News According to the indictment, Msgr. Perlasca, whose office and home were raided by Vatican police during their investigation, provided investigators “with a precious contribution for the reconstruction of some central moments relating to the case of the London property.”
Heroic wartime priest remembered by Andrysiak family, 60 years after his passing July 29, 2021By Edward O'N. Hoyt Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A Baltimore son of Polish immigrants was known for his bravery in World War II and his devoted care to wounded and dying soldiers.
