New report says Iraqi Christians could face extinction July 7, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Without immediate action from the international community, Christians in northern Iraq could be endangered with extinction, warns a new report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need. The report, “Life after ISIS: New Challenges for Christianity in Iraq,” is based on a survey of Christians in the liberated Ninevah Plains. With anticipated […]
What Father Tolton might say about today’s racial injustices July 7, 2020By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News CHICAGO (CNS) — Father Augustus Tolton, the first identified Black priest ordained for the United States, would likely be disappointed by what he sees going on in the United States today, said Father David Jones, pastor of St. Benedict the African Parish in Chicago. “I think ‘disappointed’ is a key word. I think people can […]
Woodlawn parish becomes food hub July 7, 2020By Daniel Zawodny Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News While COVID-19 forced churches to cancel public liturgies, Contreras’ parish of 12 years seems to have strengthened its community connections.
Vatican task force calls for an end to arms production July 7, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Human health, peace, security and progress would be better served with a complete end to the production of weapons worldwide, said members of a Vatican task force.
Soto: ‘Strenuous labor’ of ending racism shouldn’t be ‘toppled’ by looting July 7, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News By defacing and toppling a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Sacramento, protesters may have meant “to draw attention to the sorrowful, angry memories over California’s past,” but “this act of vandalism does little to build the future,” Bishop Jaime Soto said July 5.
Cardinal Dolan: Broad criticism of NYPD unfairly tarnishes police officers July 6, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Utilizing personal stories from his interactions with the New York Police Department, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a newspaper column that the city’s police officers deserve better treatment and broad support on the job.
New principal named for Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in Baltimore City July 6, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Schools, Urban Vicariate Alisha Jordan has been named as the new principal of Mother Mary Lange Catholic School, the first new Catholic school in Baltimore City in nearly 60 years.
Concert honoring St. John Paul II centenary available online July 4, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News An concert honoring the centennial of St. John Paul II’s birth is now available online.
Indiana priest suspended after derogatory remarks about protesters July 2, 2020By Rhina Guidos Filed Under: News, World News The bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana, has suspended a priest from public ministry after the pastor referred to Black Lives Matters protesters as “maggots and parasites” in a Sunday bulletin.
Sister Maryla Farfour, I.H.M., taught at St. Agnes School July 2, 2020By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Maryla Farfour, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died June 20 in Scranton, Pa. She was 96.
Sister Aletta Dorothy Donahue, O.S.F., taught in Baltimore Archdiocese July 2, 2020By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Aletta Dorothy Donahue, who taught at three schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died June 11 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. She was 97.
Sister Anne Dorice DeFebbo, O.S.F., taught nursing in Towson July 2, 2020By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Anne Dorice DeFebbo, a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 48 years who taught nursing in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died May 18, a few days before her 73rd birthday, at Assisi House in Aston, Pa.
