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Aberdeen resident Ivy Walker moves to the music of Grammy Award-winning artist Francesca Battistelli. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Parishioners make Harford Region’s Faithfest go

Paul McMullen
September 27, 2019
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“The generosity of the people who put this on is remarkable,” Father Foppiano said. “They all have lives to live. They’re doing this on the side, and for some, with the effort they put in, it could be a full-time job. So often we focus on our own territory, and it’s nice to come together.”

Bishop Paul Tighe, adjunct secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, speaks at the conference, "The Common Good in the Digital Age," at the Vatican Sept. 26, 2019. The Vatican-sponsored conference brought together Silicon Valley CEOs and technology specialists to discuss ethical issues faced in the digital age. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Digital barbarism? Vatican summit highlights dangers in tech revolution

Robert Duncan
September 27, 2019
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Robots making human workers obsolete and artificially intelligent computers wreaking havoc on democratic debates are just some of the threats humanity faces in the increasingly digital future, Pope Francis said.

A new Innovation Wing, which will open in January, was funded by a $10 milllion capital campaign at Notre Dame Preparatory School. (Courtesy David Pugh/Notre Dame Preparatory School)

NDP well on its way in $10 million campaign for Innovation Wing, endowment

Paul McMullen
September 27, 2019
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Notre Dame Preparatory School broke ground on a new Innovation Wing in June 2018, when it had barely scratched the surface on a $10 million capital campaign that would pay for the latest transformation of the school.

Panelist Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore since 2012, answers a question during the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum titled “‘Rebuild My Church’: Crisis and Response,” with a discussion on “The Church Crisis: Where Are We Now?” held at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Sept. 25. (Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame)

Archbishop Lori participates in Notre Dame expert panel on clergy sex abuse crisis

Ann Carey
September 26, 2019
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Archbishop Lori said the numbers of abuse cases are significantly down, “but one case is still too many.” He emphasized that it is necessary always to see the charter and norms not just as policies to be complied with. Rather, he said bishops and their coworkers need to have “a conversion of mind and heart.”

Retired Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of St . Paul-Minneapolis died Sept. 22, 2019, in St. Paul at age 86. He is pictured in a Jan. 17, 2006, photo. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit)

Archbishop Flynn, former rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, dies at 86

George P. Matysek Jr.
September 26, 2019
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Monsignor Farmer recalled that Archbishop Flynn often told Mount seminarians that the greatest work they would do as priests would involve the unexpected. That might involve hearing the confession of a stranger on a plane or answering a call in the middle of the night.

Nicole Gartrell, who teaches high school science, chemistry, physics and forensics at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex, reviews class safety rules with students the second day of the 2019-2020 school year. The lab was expanded and renovated over the summer to include state-of-the-art furniture providing flexible seating and collaborative learning, as well as tinted windows and wood-plank textured vinyl flooring. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School modernizes campus

Kevin J. Parks
September 26, 2019
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel School took a major leap into 21st century over the summer, in the process heeding the call of Pope Francis to become better stewards of the environment.

Pope Francis meets with Jesuits in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 5, 2019. One of the Jesuits asked Pope Francis how his experience of God has changed since he was elected pope in 2013; he replied that he has greater responsibilities now and his prayers of intercession include global concerns, but he is still a sinner who goes to confession every two weeks. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Being elected pope doesn’t wash away one’s sins, pope says

Cindy Wooden
September 26, 2019
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While his responsibilities are greater and his prayer list longer, Pope Francis said he’s basically the same person he was before he was elected in 2013, so he still goes to confession every two weeks.

Cardinal William J. Levada, the former archbishop of San Francisco and of Portland, Ore., and the retired prefect for the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, died in Rome Sept. 26, 2019, at age 83. He is is pictured in a Nov. 21, 2010, photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. Cardinal William Levada, former doctrinal head, dies in Rome

Catholic News Service
September 26, 2019
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U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation and retired archbishop of San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, died Sept. 26 in Rome. He was 83.

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