Father of Amazon.com founder gives gift of $12 million to Catholic school June 23, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Miguel Bezos, the immigrant father of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $12 million to a Catholic school in Delaware that housed and educated him when he arrived as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba in the early 1960s.
Vatican expresses concern about proposed Italian law on homophobia June 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News The Vatican has informed Italy that a draft law to fight homophobia and discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity could violate the freedom of Catholics to teach and practice their faith.
Archbishop Lori says bishops’ pastoral document on Eucharist will serve as foundation of eucharistic revival June 22, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News With their recent decision to draft a pastoral document on the Eucharist, the U.S. bishops “did not vote on a national policy to deny holy Communion to politicians who reject church teaching, especially regarding abortion,” Archbishop William E. Lori said in a June 22 letter to Catholics of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Bishop Rhoades: ‘There’s a great need to better understand Eucharist’s centrality’ June 22, 2021By Gretchen Crowe Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News In a Q&A, Bishop Rhoades explains why the bishops voted to write a teaching document on the mystery of the Eucharist and what it means for all U.S. Catholics.
Seen and unseen: The role of faith, reason in the search for alien life June 21, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes,” St. John Paul II said.
Emmitsburg ‘angel’: Travelers in distress find St. Anthony Shrine fortuitous crash site June 21, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Candida Montilla came upon the woman she describes as her guardian angel by accident – literally.
Pope names two U.S. cardinals, Altoona bishop to Vatican supreme court June 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, to be members of the Vatican’s supreme court.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Importance of fatherhood/New book by Tony Pagnotti June 21, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Radio Interview Josephite Father Kingsley Ogbuji shares some of his experiences ministering to prisoners and what he has learned about the importance of fatherhood. Also, Tony Pagnotti talks about his new book, “My Scripted and Unscripted Life: A Memoir of a TV Newsman.”
National Eucharistic Revival aims to ‘to light fire’ among the faithful June 21, 2021By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Catholics can expect added emphasis on the Eucharist at all levels of the church beginning next summer, culminating in a large-scale national event in 2024.
Father Kady returns to home parish in Allegany County for ordination to priesthood June 21, 2021By Greg Larry Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Archbishop William E. Lori ordained Father Scott Kady during a Mass that was both a family affair and homecoming, in multiple ways.
Bishops vote to draft teaching document on the Eucharist June 18, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops' Meeting - Spring 2021, World News The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church” following a lengthy debate during their spring general assembly.
Jim Phelan, basketball coach who elevated Mount St. Mary’s profile, dies at 92 June 18, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Sports Few laymen matched his contributions to the Mount, which gave Phelan a one-year contract to coach in 1954. It turned into 49 uninterrupted seasons on the same campus, the third longest in the history of the sport.
