As Israel’s Lebanon campaign escalates, displaced Christians wait …
2 days ago · BEIRUT (OSV News) -- As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary between the two countries, more than a million people have fled their homes. Some of them have nowhere to go in a country already devastated by economic crisis, a political ...
Altar bread-baking sister hopes Communion discussion prompts ...
Oct 18, 2021 · Sister Anne -- a 57-year-old with a finance degree and an MBA who manages the altar bread operation -- said "everything coalesced" for her with this vocation and its particular ministry. She spoke with Catholic News Service in late July, after a baking shift, about the work these sisters do and its connection to something bigger.
At annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life, young ... - Catholic Standard
Jan 21, 2022 · Teens and young adults from across The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington faced frigid early morning temperatures Jan. 21 to gather at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington to pray, sing and voice their support for life.
Pope says ‘duplicity of heart’ threatens Christian witness
Nov 6, 2023 · Preaching one thing but doing another puts the authenticity and credibility of Christian witness at risk, Pope Francis said. Reflecting Nov. 5 on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Matthew, in which Jesus criticizes the scribes and Pharisees for being people who “preach but do not practice,” the pope told Christians to consider “the …
Women and men in consecrated life mark milestone anniversaries
Mar 8, 2023. Faith Print. Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory posed with women and men religious marking milestone anniversaries in 2023 after a Feb. 26 Mass honoring them at the St. Ursula Chapel of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Hyattsville. From left to right are Sister Charlotte Ann King, a member of the Sisters of Life marking her 25th ...
Everyday collaborators of Pope Benedict XVI remember the late …
Dec 29, 2023. Faith Print. ROME (OSV News) -- On Dec. 31, 2022, the Catholic world stopped as Pope Benedict XVI passed away on the last day of the year, leaving behind an enormous theological legacy. But it's the everyday collaborators OSV News asked to share memories of the late pontiff, remembering a man full of charm, kindness and humor.
Update: National Shrine to host May 17 worldwide ... - Catholic …
In this photo from May 2020, then-Archbishop Wilton Gregory reconsecrates the United States to the Blessed Mother at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, joining bishops across the United States and Canada who rededicated their countries to Mary’s protection during the coronavirus pandemic.
Shrine to only approved US Marian apparition gets ready for first ...
Sep 20, 2023. Faith Print. On Oct. 9, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion celebrates the 164th anniversary of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s second and third apparitions to Adele Brise – the only approved Marian apparitions in the United States. While the observance has long been a yearly event, this is the first year the liturgy is ...
St. John Bosco showed that all are called to be saints, Cardinal ...
Feb 1, 2022 · The guests at the Mass included Kelly Branaman, the Secretary for Catholic Schools and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Washington, and the concelebrating priests included Father Shaun Foggo, the pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Salesian Father Dieunel Victor, the high school’s coordinator of youth ministry.
Cardinal Gregory’s classmates reflect on how their seminary …
Jun 22, 2023 · To mark the day of the 50 th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory celebrated a Mass on May 9, 2023 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, and joining him as concelebrants of the Mass were eight of his priests from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary’s ordination class of 1973.. The Catholic Standard interviewed three of Cardinal Gregory’s ...