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USCCB president decries massive shooting at Texas Baptist church

November 6, 2017

The U.S. Catholic Church stands “in unity” with the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the larger community after a shooting during Sunday services took the lives of at least 26 people and injured at least 20 others.

Teachers’ day off: A North Bay retreat

Robyn Barberry

November 6, 2017

Blog, Unconditional

I went home feeling both relaxed and rejuvenated at the same time. I think a healthy dose of the outdoors does that to you and hold tight to my beliefs that God created our environment as a natural treatment of man-made stress.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time; St. Katharine Drexel/Christ the King Parish

Archbishop William E. Lori

November 5, 2017

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

As we look toward the future, let us take heart. Let us be grateful that we are brothers and sisters in Christ living and working together in the Church under the provident eye of our loving Father, and daily enlivened in our faith by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit whose grace we receive in the Sacraments.

As Baltimore City marks 300 murders, prayers for peace continue

George P. Matysek Jr.

November 3, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

“People should not have to live that way,” Bishop Madden insisted. “It’s not normal that people shoot each other.”

One man’s spot in Book of Life

Father Joseph Breighner

November 3, 2017

Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Phil Maher’s faith never wavered. When he died last month at the age of 93, it was his faith that saw him through death to eternal life.

Judi Dench and Ali Fazal star in a scene from the movie "Victoria and Abdul." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Focus Features)

Movie Review: ‘Victoria and Abdul’

Sister Hosea Rupprecht

November 3, 2017

Movie Reviews, News, World News

The platonic bond at the heart of the plot is sweet and endearing. But the film’s attitude toward colonialism seems overly simplified.

Chapel re-opening in France marks ties to Carroll students

Christopher Gunty

November 3, 2017

Feature, Local News, News

The Chapel of the Jesuits re-opening to the public, after a four-year renovation, was a cooperative effort between the town of Saint-Omer and the United States, especially the state of Maryland.

A stained glass window depicting Mother Mary Lange is located at the Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent Chapel in Halethorpe. (CR File)

Black Catholic History Month

Archbishop William E. Lori

November 3, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop

May the examples of Mother Lange, Father Uncles and others inspire us to follow in their footsteps on the journey for peace, justice and unity.

Nicholas Black Elk is pictured in an undated historical photo teaching a girl how to pray the rosary. Bishop Robert D. Gruss of Rapid City, S.D., celebrated an Oct. 21 Mass at Holy Rosary Church in Pine Ridge, S.D., to open the sainthood cause for the Native American. (CNS photo/courtesy Marquette University)

Mass formally opens canonization cause for Black Elk

Catholic News Service

November 3, 2017

News, World News

With the formal opening of his cause, Black Elk now has the title “servant of God.”

In this 2013 file photo, Capuchin Franciscan Father Thomas Weinandy is pictured at the Washington headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops where he served as chief adviser on doctrinal and canonical affairs. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

Priest resigns as consultant on doctrine after letter to pope

Catholic News Service

November 3, 2017

News, World News

The Capuchin Franciscan priest is former executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs expressed loyalty to the pope but at the same time told the pope that “a chronic confusion seems to mark your pontificate.”

Baltimore Archdiocese making plans for World Youth Day 2019 in Panama

Alexandra Danter

November 3, 2017

Local News, News, World Youth Day Panama 2019, Young Adult Ministry

There are several requirements, including forms, waivers, reservations, documents and payments, to join the Baltimore delegation for WYD 2019. These need to be reviewed and approved by Oct. 18, 2018.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Red Mass, Diocese of Kansas City

Archbishop William E. Lori

November 3, 2017

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

We are indebted to those Jesuit priests, many of whose names are lost to history, and we are also obligated to follow in their footsteps. For regaining confidence in human reason for unchanging moral truth and buttressing it with the light of biblical revelation are crucial to a future full of hope and peace, for us and those who will come after us.

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