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.
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.
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.
Movie Review: ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy ‘ July 15, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News There’s a strained tone to “Space Jam: A New Legacy” (Warner Bros.), director Malcolm D. Lee’s sequel to the 1996 sports comedy.
Experts fear Cuba is preparing a harsh response to recent protests July 14, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News U.S. theologians and human rights experts on Cuba worried that any repeat of the widespread protests in Cuba on July 11 may be met with a swift, violent set of state-sponsored reactions.
Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica July 14, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican confirmed.
Franciscans elect Italian as 121st successor to St. Francis of Assisi July 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Father Massimo Fusarelli as the new minister general of the worldwide Franciscan order.
Pope to remain in hospital ‘a few more days,’ Vatican says July 12, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Despite initial estimates of requiring a week of inpatient care, Pope Francis will continue his recovery as a patient at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after undergoing colon surgery, the Vatican press office said.
Archbishop: Decade after independence, South Sudan ‘is bleeding slowly’ July 11, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A triumphant independence euphoria worldwide 10 years ago welcomed the birth of the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation.
