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Young Adult Ministry

Archdiocese of Baltimore
April 8, 2020

Young Adult Ministry continues to meet online through the outreach of various parishes and organizations during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Archdiocese of Baltimore supports ministry with young adults, in their late teens, twenties, and thirties in every pastorate and college campus community utilizing the unique charisms and strengths of each pastorate to reach young adults […]

Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts from indigenous people as he celebrates the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican in this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope sets up new commission to study women deacons

Cindy Wooden
April 8, 2020
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Pope Francis has established a new “Study Commission on the Female Diaconate” as a follow-up to a previous group that studied the history of women deacons in the New Testament and the early Christian communities.

“I’m glad I volunteered,” said George Adams, a former Marine captain who saw combat during the Vietnam War. Adams has taken that same spirt to the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

From a distance: Ministering to the ill among coronavirus challenges

Paul McMullen
April 8, 2020
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Visits to the sick are taking new forms in the age of the coronavirus pandemic.

Franciscans from five convents in northeastern Brazil produced a video with one message: "Fique em Casa" (Stay Home). (CNS screen grab)

Franciscans in Brazil use frevo music in video urging people to stay home

Lise Alves
April 7, 2020
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To the soundtrack of the official hymn of Recife’s Galo da Madrugada, said to be the largest carnival block in the world, Franciscans from five convents in northeastern Brazil dance to a typical Brazilian rhythm known as the frevo with one request: “Fique em Casa” (Stay Home).

Archbishop William E. Lori addresses the media April 7 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/ CR Staff)

As churches stay closed, Archbishop Lori wants people to ‘celebrate many more Easters’

Christopher Gunty
April 7, 2020
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Archbishop William E. Lori said he wants nothing more than to open wide the doors to churches in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but that the church has to recognize “the massive public health threat we are facing.”

Archbishop Lori, Auxiliary Bishops to Conduct Simultaneous Blessings at Three Baltimore Hospitals Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Archdiocese of Baltimore
April 7, 2020

For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 7, 2020 On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 11 a.m., Archbishop William E. Lori and his two auxiliary bishops, Denis Madden and Adam Parker, will simultaneously conduct blessings at three Baltimore hospitals, asking God’s care and protection over those who work in healthcare facilities in Maryland and for all the […]

Cardinal George Pell is seen in a car after being released from Barwon prison in Geelong, Australia, April 7, 2020. (CNS photo/James Ross, AAP Image via Reuters)

Cardinal Pell released from prison after court overturns conviction

Michael Sainsbury
April 7, 2020
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Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars after the seven judges of the High Court of Australia unanimously overturned the original December 2018 jury verdict that found him guilty on five counts of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in 1996.

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