Italy sees worst gap between births, deaths since 1918 Spanish flu March 29, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With Italy already facing a diminishing population, low birth rates and fewer religious and civil marriages, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted those numbers for 2020, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.
Suicide bomb attack disrupts Palm Sunday Mass at Indonesian cathedral March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A suicide bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral compound shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people wounded.
San Diego teacher, coach murdered at 37 is still strong presence at Catholic school March 29, 2021By Denis Grasska Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Fierro was fatally shot outside his home, dying at the scene. Being killed in such a violent manner was a sad irony, Montali said, because his late friend was “a peacemaker” by nature.
New Staten Island Ferry vessel to be named for Catholic Worker co-founder March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced March 25 that one of the three new Staten Island Ferry boats transporting people between Staten Island and lower Manhattan will be named for Catholic Worker Movement co-founder Dorothy Day, whose sainthood cause is being considered by the Vatican.
Jesus takes on human suffering to draw even closer to people, pope says March 28, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A Christian life should be filled with amazement — astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realizing how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said.
Chasing a dream because of a rumor, some Central Americans head to border March 26, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Father Hector Maldonado, of El Buen Pastor Parish in Apancoyo, El Salvador, said he recently tried to convince a family of five from his parish, who told him of their plans to leave, not to undertake the dangerous journey.
Speakers say Equality Act ‘overly broad,’ will harm religious liberty March 26, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Congress, World News A March 22 online webinar on the Equality Act focused on criticism that the legislation is so vaguely worded it would harm religious liberty and obscure biological reality.
Virtual closeness, real community: Pope’s ministry flourished online March 25, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis, his liturgy office and his communications team made very deliberate decisions over the past year with the goal of letting people experience how close the pope was to them in their isolation and suffering.
Artist calls painting portrait of pope ‘a spiritually rewarding experience’ March 25, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Perez got the commission, did some quick and intense research on the nonprofit and Pope Francis, brainstormed with McGrory, and came up with a concept meant to convey the pope’s loving concern for the poor throughout the world: He would paint the pope in the company of Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi and people of different ages and ethnic groups.
Movie Review: ‘Resurrection’ March 25, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Though its tone is sometimes overheated, this is a handsomely done dramatization of the most essential period in human history.
Dante a ‘prophet of hope’ for the world, pope says March 25, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The life and works of the famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri remain a lasting treasure that embodies the virtue of hope so desperately needed in today’s world, Pope Francis said.
Pope names Chilean survivor to Commission for the Protection of Minors March 25, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse by a notorious Chilean priest, to be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
