Polish nuns killed by Soviet army as World War II ended showed courage July 21, 2021By Jonathan Luxmoore Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by Soviet soldiers in the final months of World War II.
Vatican publishes schedule for papal trip to Hungary, Slovakia July 21, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ September trip to Hungary and Slovakia features a jam-packed schedule that shows he has no intention of slowing down despite his recent recovery from colon surgery.
Award-winning veteran Catholic journalist Gerald ‘Jerry’ Costello dies July 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Gerald “Jerry” Michael Costello, a Catholic press veteran who was a reporter, columnist, book author and founding editor of three newspapers, died July 19 a five-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.
USCCB general secretary resigns; reports allege ‘possible improper behavior’ July 20, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Msgr. Jeffrey D. Burrill, the general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November, has resigned from the post after the USCCB “became aware of impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior by Msgr. Burrill,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, USCCB president.
Maryland parish, Catholic schools rooting for their own Olympic swimmers July 20, 2021By Maureen Boyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News Ledecky’s and Bacon’s paths have intertwined for several years while they attended Little Flower School, swam for the high school team at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and have been parishioners at Church of the Little Flower, all in Bethesda, Maryland.
German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs July 20, 2021By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions of the country.
Mount de Sales’ Whittaker will keenly watch peers run in Tokyo Olympics July 19, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports Whittaker, who won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland cross country title at age 14 and soon thereafter catapulted herself into the national prep middle-distance scene, was 10th-fastest in the 800 semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June.
Dioceses respond to pope’s document restoring limits on pre-Vatican II Mass July 19, 2021By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, World News Bishops throughout the United States have begun responding to Pope Francis’ document that restores limits on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dignity of the Elderly July 19, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Seniors Erin Younkins, director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s office of life, justice and peace within the Institute for Evangelization, talks about the dignity of the elderly in advance of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
First-person accounts of religious repression punctuate summit July 18, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Testimony from survivors of religious repression punctuated the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington.
CRS gradually restores services in Haiti amid series of crises July 16, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A series of debilitating crises in recent weeks — from a surge in COVID-19 cases to the assassination of a president — has left Haiti reeling again in uncertainty and forced Catholic Relief Services to curtail its outreach efforts.
Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass July 16, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican Council, overturning or severely restricting permissions St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI had given to celebrate the so-called Tridentine-rite Mass.
