‘All in and ready to go’: Loyola University Maryland’s first lay president ready to take the helm December 16, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Becoming the first lay president in Loyola University Maryland’s nearly 170-year history weighs on Terrence Sawyer – in a good way.
Decline in vocations is a call to be humble, pope tells Jesuits December 16, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The decrease of vocations to religious life, including in the Society of Jesus, is a lesson in humility and a reminder that a calling to religious life depends on God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Greece.
Tom Quigley, longtime foreign policy adviser to U.S. bishops, dies at 91 December 16, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died Dec. 11 at age 91.
Dialogue group calls for Catholic recognition of Anglican ordinations December 16, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News A group of Catholic and Anglican theologians has publicly called on the Vatican to review and overturn a papal document from 1896 that declared Anglican ordinations “absolutely null and utterly void.”
Millersville welcomes ‘52 Masses’ traveler December 15, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized When Daniel Markham joined the congregation Dec. 4 at Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, he notched his 22nd parish on a yearlong quest to attend Mass in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Emotions run high in Kentucky diocese as tornado recovery gets underway December 15, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Early in the morning Dec. 11, following a tornado warning for Daviess County the night before, Owensboro Bishop William F. Medley found that his cellphone service was down — and that Gov. Andy Beshear had made an announcement about lives lost in a sudden tragedy.
Pope establishes ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Foundation December 15, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis established a new Vatican foundation that will promote initiatives based on the principles set out in his encyclical “Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship.”
Court denies religious exemption on vaccine for N.Y. health care workers December 14, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court turned down emergency requests Dec. 13 from New York health care workers seeking a religious exemption from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its health care employees.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including two new pastors December 14, 2021By Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including a new pastor for St. Peter Claver/St. Pius V and Ss. Philip and James in Charles Village.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas music and the power of song in times of plague December 13, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Dr. Remi Chiu, a musicologist at Loyola University Maryland shares insights about Christmas music and the historic power of music in times of plague and pandemic.
St. Isaac Jogues’ St. Monica Ministry bearing ‘overwhelming’ fruit December 13, 2021By Gerry Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized Parishioners of St. Isaac Jogues have discovered that big things can indeed start in small ways.
Vatican releases text for installing catechists, explains ministry December 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic men and women formally installed in the new ministry of catechists are not simply religious education teachers but are engaged in “the proclamation and transmission of the faith, carrying out this role in collaboration with the ordained ministers and under their guidance,” said a letter accompanying the Latin text of the Rite of Institution of Catechists.
