Pope arrives in Iraq, promoting peace, tolerance, equality March 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, World News To consolidate peace and ensure progress, the government and people of Iraq must never treat anyone as a second-class citizen and must work each day to promote harmony, Pope Francis said.
Bishop Rhoades: Latest COVID-19 vaccine can be used in good conscience March 4, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News In a new video, Bishop Kevin Rhoades, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine and a former rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “can be used in good moral conscience.”
Movie Review: ‘Tom & Jerry ‘ March 4, 2021By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News With messages about honesty and friendship thrown in with slapstick humor and benign mayhem, “Tom & Jerry” can be enjoyed by the entire family.
‘Finally,’ pope says he will be able to make pilgrimage to Iraq March 4, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told the people of Iraq he was going to their country as a “penitential pilgrim,” asking God’s forgiveness for years of war, persecution and destruction, and as a “pilgrim of peace,” hoping to remind people that they are all brothers and sisters no matter their ethnic or religious identity.
Pope taps Newark cardinal as member of Congregation for Bishops March 4, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on the nomination of bishops around the world.
Retired pope talks about his resignation, Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq March 3, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, World News Although it took obvious effort to pronounce each word and sometimes his secretary repeated what he said to make it clear, retired Pope Benedict XVI spoke to an Italian newspaper about his retirement and about Pope Francis’ planned trip to Iraq.
Bible reading boosts mental well-being among Christians, U.K. survey says March 3, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, World News Reading the Bible has had a positive effect on people’s “mental well-being” during the pandemic, according to a Christian Research survey conducted in the United Kingdom.
Bishops address concern over Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s abortion link March 2, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, approved Feb. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raises moral concerns because it was “was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines,” the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees said March 2.
COVID-19 bill OK’d without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion March 2, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News On the House floor ahead of the vote — which came at 2 in the morning (EST) — Rep. Chris Smith, N.J., criticized Pelosi and the House Rules Committee for refusing to allow a vote on an amendment to add language to the bill “to ensure that taxpayers aren’t forced to subsidize abortion,” as provided by the long-standing Hyde Amendment.
Gomez: U.S. bishops’ working group set up last November completes work March 2, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News A special working group of the U.S. bishops formed last November to deal with conflicts that could arise between the policies of President Joe Biden, a Catholic, and church teaching has completed its work, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said in a March 1 memo to all the U.S. bishops.
In interview, pope says he will remain in Rome until death March 1, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he believes he will die in Rome, either in office or retired, and will not be buried in his native Argentina.
Health care chaplains in Baltimore and beyond embrace self-care in COVID-19 work February 26, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Video, World News “This suffering on a daily basis takes an emotional toll, ” said Sandra Michocki, a chaplain at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. “In order for it not to swallow us,” she said, chaplains have to remember that God is always with them and “when we’re weary or we’re tired, we show up anyway; that’s all we can do.”
