Report abuse learned in confession or go to jail, says Australian state September 9, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years in jail.
St. Damien’s relatives speak up against criticism of saint’s statue in U.S. Capitol September 9, 2020By Patrick Downes Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, Uncategorized, World News Upset by the suggestion raised by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, that St. Damien was a white supremacist colonizer, two of the saint’s Belgian relatives, representing his extended family, wrote her an open letter Aug. 20.
Virtual pilgrimage, concrete donation: Holy Land Catholics ask for help September 9, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, asked Catholics around the world to make a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land and make a real donation to support the church in the region.
Patricia Kelly, tireless pro-life advocate and legislative lobbyist, dies at 88 September 8, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life Patricia Kelly, a tireless advocate for the pro-life cause whose gentle but persistent lobbying efforts helped secure a ban on physician-assisted suicide in Maryland, died Sept. 4 at Portumna, her family farm in Carroll County.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Sherita Thomas discusses ways of addressing systemic racism September 8, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview The summer of 2020 has seen racial strife, fueled by the deaths of several African Americans at the hands of police. How do Black Catholics view this time in our history, and what is the Archdiocese of Baltimore doing to address systemic racism?
Gossip is tool of the devil to divide the church, pope says September 8, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Gossip is “a plague worse than COVID,” Pope Francis said, asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the church.
Pope accepts resignation of bishop-designate of Duluth, following accusation September 8, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Father Michel J. Mulloy — who had been appointed but not installed as bishop of Duluth, Minnesota — after an allegation of sexual abuse was raised against him from the 1980s when he was a priest in South Dakota.
Pope will sign new encyclical in Assisi Oct. 3 September 5, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will travel to Assisi Oct. 3 to sign an encyclical on the social, political and economic obligations that flow from a belief that all people are children of God and therefore brothers and sisters to one another.
Sister Corinne Alice Gmuer, SSND, Baltimore Archdiocese educator, dies September 4, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Corinne Gmuer, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and longtime educator in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Aug. 29.
Pandemic forcing Baltimore fundraisers to go virtual, drive-though September 4, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Religious orders, institutions, parishes and schools are making creative adjustments to fundraisers in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Profit over safety, especially in pandemic, ‘unjust,’ says Labor Day statement September 4, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Given the “somber” realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, for companies to put profits over safety is “unjust,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement.
Movie review: ‘Tenent’ September 4, 2020By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News “Tenet” can be enjoyed as an overstuffed globetrotting adventure. Think James Bond on Red Bull, only this time the villain is pursued in the past as well as in real time.
