Youth at Florida Catholic parish help lead prayers, vigil following tragedy June 29, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After girding themselves with eucharistic adoration, rosary, songs and reflections, the teens, young adults and parish community of St. Joseph stepped out into the night air to solemnly walk to Surfside’s new ground zero.
Two more First Nations churches destroyed in ‘suspicious’ fires June 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Two more Catholic churches on First Nations land have been destroyed by fire, while fire damaged an Anglican church on First Nations land in northern British Columbia. Police are calling all the blazes “suspicious.”
Makeshift memorial near collapsed condo tower is reflection of humanity June 29, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News There are pictures of children’s faces, retired couples at elegant dinners, a father and son moment, a young married couple, crosses, candles and handwritten prayers on yellow Post-it notes and drugstore greeting cards.
Pope congratulates retired pontiff on anniversary of priestly ordination June 29, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Thank you, Benedict, dear father and brother,” the pope said. “Thank you for your credible witness. Thank you for your continuous gaze toward the horizon of God. Thank you.”
Charter on religious freedom rights released ahead of international summit June 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Religious freedom advocates released a charter declaring the right of every person around the world to freely believe — or not believe — religious tenets and join with others in a religious community and for believers and religious communities to live peacefully in society.
Pope, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken meet at Vatican June 28, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Even as the formal Catholic-Orthodox dialogue continues to deal with divisive theological issues, members of both churches should work together more closely on issues where they share a common point of view, Pope Francis said.
Healing Christian divisions can give hope to the world, pope says June 28, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Even as the formal Catholic-Orthodox dialogue continues to deal with divisive theological issues, members of both churches should work together more closely on issues where they share a common point of view, Pope Francis said.
Catholic Media Association head Tim Walter prepares for his exit after 13 years as its head June 26, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Tim Walter, executive director of the Catholic Media Association since 2008, is preparing for his exit after heading the organization over the past 13 years.
During border visit, bishop speaks with vice president about immigration June 25, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, asked Vice President Kamala Harris June 25 to engage with the faith community as partners on a path to bring relief and a compassionate solution to immigration issues in the Americas and to “hear the voices” of those turned away at the border.
Catholic agency offers help after ‘heartbreaking’ collapse of building June 25, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building.
Hundreds of bodies found at former Saskatchewan residential school June 24, 2021By Mickey Conlon Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Cowessess First Nation will put a name to each of the hundreds of bodies found at the unmarked graves on the former Marieval Indian Residential School, vows Chief Cadmus Delorme.
Movie Review: ‘Luca’ June 24, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News While it does nothing to solve the perennial problem for real-life parents that obedient children rarely have adventures, director Enrico Casarosa’s animated fantasy “Luca” (Disney+) is otherwise a winsome tale full of charm and Italian flair.
