Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers’ safety October 21, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As Christian missionaries and family members, some as young as 8 months old, were still being held for ransom in Haiti by a gang notorious for group kidnappings, other charities and religious groups examined how they can remain safe while delivering humanitarian aid.
Retired Pope Benedict hints at his death in condolence message October 20, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Retired Pope Benedict XVI has hinted at his death in a condolence message for a former colleague who was a professor in Regensburg, Germany.
Terrence M. Sawyer named first lay president of Loyola University Maryland October 20, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News The Loyola University Maryland Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Terrence M. Sawyer as the institution’s 25th president – the first lay president in the 169-year history of the Jesuit university in Baltimore.
Colin Powell is recalled for priority he put on education, hard work, goals October 20, 2021By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Powell, who was the nation’s first Black secretary of state, as well as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and national security adviser, died early Oct. 18 of complications from COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside of Washington, where he was being treated for multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. He was 84.
Call to prayer for the synod finds home online, in app October 19, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said in the process to create a more “synodal church,” one where every member contributes and all listen to each other, “we are touching something divine, and prayer is essential.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: Devotion to the rosary October 19, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Christopher Gunty talks with Los Angeles Bishop Robert Barron about the origins of the rosary and the prayer’s contemplative nature. Gunty also talks about military rosaries with Mari Brady, president of Ranger Rosary, and Redemptorist Father Patrick Woods of St. Mary Parish in Annapolis, where the Ranger Rosary ministry began.
Catholic social teaching gives Gospel concrete form, pope says October 19, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he knows “it often annoys people” when he promotes Catholic teaching on social issues like poverty, migration and ecology, but he is going to keep doing so because the Gospel demands it.
‘We’re all worn down’: Catholic health care providers find spiritual strength at White Mass October 18, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Coronavirus, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News For Boursiquot, a basilica parishioner, and the other medical professionals, the liturgy was an opportunity to pray and reflect on the many challenges they have confronted during the coronavirus pandemic.
Online baseball exhibit pays homage to Blessed McGivney’s love of the game October 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Sports, World News The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center in New Haven has opened an online exhibition centering on the Knights of Columbus connection with baseball, which spans almost a century and a half.
Pope to pharmacists: Do not become accessories to homicide of abortion October 18, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News All health care professionals have a right to conscientious objection, just as they have a right to denounce unjust harm inflicted on innocent and defenseless life, Pope Francis said.
Archbishop Lori opens local phase of synod planning for church renewal October 18, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Synodality, Video Synodality refers to “habits of the heart” that allow for fruitful discussions, Archbishop Lori said.
Prominent Anglican bishop who served in U.S. received into Catholic Church October 18, 2021By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A prominent Anglican bishop has joined the Catholic Church and will be ordained as a priest at the end of October.
