Paglia: Pandemic points to urgent need to address inequality in health care March 31, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News “Serious thinking” about inequality in health care “is a task we can no longer put off,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, told a New York audience March 30.
Priest recalls saying Mass in Ukrainian church reopened after 45 years March 31, 2022By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Msgr. William Bilinsky was in Ukraine as a volunteer translator for retired New Orleans Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, the peripatetic founder of Focus TV who was interviewing Catholics behind the Iron Curtain about how they had struggled to keep the flame of faith alive during a half-century of religious oppression.
Afghan refugees find hope in Maryland March 31, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Afghan refugees have endured journeys to the United States and eventually the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where parishioners are providing material and emotional aid in helping them resettle in a new world.
Sulpician Father Peter Gray’s art deepens faith March 31, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News For Father Gray, art is his full-time ministry. He spends hours a day working on a paint-splattered kitchen table to create sacred and secular art.
Faith leaders urge senators to confirm Judge Jackson to Supreme Court March 30, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, World News Under gray skies March 30, a group of faith leaders assembled on the Supreme Court’s steps to show their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court and urge the Senate to quickly vote to confirm her.
Ukrainian archbishop tearfully recounts the horrors, heroism of war March 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With his voice often trembling and tears sliding down to his beard, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church spoke via Zoom about the death and destruction Russia is raining down on his people and his country.
St. John the Evangelist in Hydes grieves stolen Eucharist March 30, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized Heartbroken by the recent theft of a church tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament, parishioners of St. John the Evangelist in Hydes are struggling to understand why anyone would commit such a crime, according to Father Pete Literal, pastor.
Peter K. Kilpatrick is named Catholic University of America’s new president March 29, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The Catholic University of America’s board of trustees has selected Peter K. Kilpatrick as the 16th president of the university, effective July 1.
Changes possible for St. Clare in Essex March 29, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Father Hector Mateus-Ariza said two words best describe the situation for St. Clare in Essex – “challenging” and “limbo.”
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including new rector for Baltimore Basilica March 29, 2022By Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori announces clergy appointments, including a new rector for the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Jubilarians celebrate milestones and service March 28, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations The Archdiocese of Baltimore is commemorating 128 religious order priests, brothers and sisters celebrating milestone jubilees in 2020, 2021, 2022, a combined 7,550 years service to the Catholic Church.
How a saint became part of the tax code, forever changing U.S. philanthropy March 28, 2022By Tim Swift Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News St. Katharine Drexel is well known for being a trailblazing figure in the early 20th century, championing the needs of Native Americans and Black Americans, but few know she may have the most lasting impact on philanthropy of any American in U.S. history.
