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Father Erik J. Arnold is shown in December 2017 praying with the Henderson family, after they were displaced from their Ellicott City home by fire. Father Arnold, who will move July 1 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City to St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, emphasizes the importance of the pastorate planning process even for single-parish pastorates. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Pastorate planning focuses on mission priorities

Catholic Review Staff
May 21, 2019
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Over the past 18 months, nine pilot pastorates and eight Phase IA pastorates have taken Archbishop Lori’s pastoral letter and Pope Francis’ words in “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”) to heart, considering what it means to be a pastorate that is “suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation” and rethinking the “goals, structures, style and methods of evangelization in their respective communities.”

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles speaks during a lecture at The Catholic University of America in Washington Feb. 6, 2019. The Los Angeles Archdiocese and five other California dioceses, Fresno, Orange, Sacramento, San Bernardino and San Diego, announced a new independent compensation program for sex abuse victims. Archbishop Gomez and the state's other Catholic bishops also are speaking out against a bill to do away with the seal of confession in cases of abuse. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

California confession bill amended, but church leaders say it still targets priests

Pablo Kay
May 21, 2019
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Church officials are urging Catholics to continue to oppose a California bill that would force priests to disclose information about child sexual abuse that they hear in the sacrament of confession.

A coach kneels in prayer Oct. 13, 2018, during a high school game at Hurley Field in Berkeley, Mich. As part of a new pastoral note encouraging Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit to keep Sunday as a day of holiness, rest and family togetherness, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron introduced a new policy requiring Catholic parishes and schools to stop scheduling athletic games and practices on Sundays. (CNS photo/Tim Fuller, courtesy Archdiocese of Detroit)

No more Sunday games for Detroit Catholic parish, school sports teams

Mike Stechschulte
May 20, 2019
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As part of a new pastoral note encouraging Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit to keep Sunday as a day of holiness, rest and family togetherness, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron introduced a new policy requiring Catholic parishes and schools to stop scheduling athletic games and practices on Sundays.

Muslims gather at The Noble Sanctuary in Jerusalem's Old City May 16, 2019. U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said in Rome May 17 that limiting the number of Muslims allowed to immigrate to traditionally Christian nations would be a prudent decision on the part of politicians. (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)

Limiting Muslim immigration is patriotic, U.S. cardinal says

Robert Duncan
May 20, 2019
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Limiting the number of Muslims allowed to immigrate to traditionally Christian nations would be a prudent decision on the part of politicians, said U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke.

Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory concelebrates Mass during the Catholic convocation in Orlando, Fla., in this July 2, 2017, file photo. On April 4, 2019, Pope Francis named Archbishop Gregory to head the Archdiocese of Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Washington’s archbishop plans to get ‘out in field’ to meet people, listen

Julie Asher
May 19, 2019
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The “first and most important thing” is “getting out in the field and meeting the people,” Archbishop Gregory told Catholic News Service in a May 17 interview.

Calvert Hall posted an historic lacrosse victory May 17, when the Cardinals downed St. Mary's, 17-5, for their third straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title. (John Strohsacker/Special to the Review)

Calvert Hall, Curley claim MIAA lacrosse titles with dominant performances 

Todd Karpovich
May 18, 2019
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Calvert Hall became the first lacrosse program to win three straight A Conference championships since the early 1950s with its 17-5 defeat of St. Mary’s.

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, gives candy to children as he visits the Hope and Peace Center for refugees near the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos May 8, 2019. Cardinal Krajewski has offered to pay the electricity bill after apparently reconnecting shut-off electricity at a building housing migrants in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Cardinal ‘Fix It’: Almoner’s job is to model direct charity

Cindy Wooden
May 17, 2019
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The office of papal almoner has existed since early in the 13th century. While the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis, along with its national partners, are responsible for large-scale development, relief and advocacy projects, the almoner’s office is focused on person-to-person charity.

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