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Ryan Pallas, a Spanish-language student at Nazareth College, helps decorate a Day of the Dead altar at the college in Pittsford, N.Y., Nov. 2. The Mexican tradition is often observed by families who build altars in their homes and decorate them with flowers, food and sugar skulls in honor of deceased loved ones. (CNS photo/Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier)

Tuning in to our souls and nourishing them

Moises Sandoval
October 24, 2019
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We communicate with the dead when we pray to the saints, canonized or not. So it is not a far stretch to believe that souls are close by and in touch.

Kamila Kaminska stars in a scene from the movie "Love and Mercy: Faustina." The new film is on the life of St. Faustina Kowalska, the Polish nun whose visions of Jesus led to the Divine Mercy devotion. (CNS photo/courtesy of Kondrat-Media)

New film on St. Faustina will be shown in theaters two nights only

Mark Pattison
October 24, 2019
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A new film on the life of St. Faustina Kowalska, the Polish nun whose visions of Jesus led to the Divine Mercy devotion, will have a two-night showing Oct. 28 and Dec. 2 on more than 700 screens across the United States.

Cynthia Erivo stars in a scene from the movie "Harriet." 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: ‘Harriet’

Sister Hosea Rupprecht
October 24, 2019
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“Harriet” is a long overdue drama chronicling the exploits of the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, Maryland-born Harriet Tubman.

Archbishop William E. Lori, center, supporters and dignitaries participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking Oct. 23 for the new Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in the Poppleton community adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Baltimore City. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Archdiocese breaks ground for Mother Mary Lange Catholic School

Christopher Gunty
October 23, 2019
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“I’m excited to see a beautiful new school be created on that site. I’m thinking about all the opportunity that this school will provide young people who live in our city, to grow in every way – spiritually, physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially,” the archbishop said.

Pallbearers escort the casket down the steps of St. Ignatius in Baltimore Oct. 23 after the funeral Mass offered for Thomas J. D’Alesandro III, the 43rd mayor of Baltimore. (Paul McMullen/CR Staff)

D’Alesandro remembered for dignity to those ‘on the margins’

Paul McMullen
October 23, 2019
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“The teachings of Jesus set your foundation,” Father Watters said. “As you especially championed African-Americans in this city, (the Gospel) resonated in your heart. … You modeled respect for all people, and dignity for those on the margins.”

An artist's rendering shows what Mother Mary Lange Catholic School will look like when it opens in September 2021. (CR File)

Archdiocese of Baltimore Breaks Ground on First New Baltimore City Catholic School in 60 years

Archdiocese of Baltimore
October 21, 2019

For Immediate Release Monday, October 21, 2019 Mother Mary Lange Elementary to Offer State-of-the Art Educational Facilities and Programs for over 500 City PreK3-8 Students (Baltimore, MD) — Representing a $24 million investment in the future of Baltimore City youth, Archbishop William E. Lori, with community leaders and city and state officials, will break ground […]

A prayer for Pietro

Suzanna Molino Singleton
October 21, 2019
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How is it people and young adults grow up Catholic, experience all there is taught to us about the Trinity through religion classes, nuns and priests’ instruction, get baptized, make first holy Communion, confess young sins in first reconciliation, invite a sponsor to touch our shoulder during Confirmation, take vows in matrimony … and then don’t have faith in God any longer?

A wooden statue of a pregnant woman is pictured in the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina as part of exhibits on the Amazon region during the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in Rome Oct. 18, 2019. Several copies of the statue were stolen from the church and thrown into the Tiber River Oct. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Thieves steal statues used at synod prayer, throw them in the river

Cindy Wooden
October 21, 2019
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Two men entered a Catholic Church near the Vatican early Oct. 21 and stole copies of a statue of a pregnant woman that had been a centerpiece of several prayer services connected to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.

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