In a moment of turmoil, U.S. bishops meet virtually (AP) Catholic bishops of the United States open a national meeting Monday under dramatic circumstances. A pandemic has compelled them to meet virtually from their far-flung dioceses. A hard-fought presidential election has caused sharp divisions in their own ranks. And six days before the meeting, the Vatican released a revelatory report detailing how clerics in the U.S. and abroad failed to hold ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to account until many years after suspicions of serial sexual misconduct had become widespread…
Staying apart, praying together (The New York Times) Emilio Arteaga, the beloved longtime deacon at St. Agatha’s, a Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn, died from Covid-19 on Good Friday this year. It was not until 10 days later that just a handful of priests and nuns were able to mark the occasion by reciting a single prayer over his casket, in the middle of 49th Street. “It was so painful,” said Rev. Vincentius Do, the church’s pastor. “They brought the hearse in front of the church, we came out, said a prayer, sprinkled holy water and off he went…”
The priest from Ghana who became a champion mushroom farmer (Ghana Web) His smiles beamed for hours when his name was mentioned as the winner for the Best Non-Traditional Farmer for the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. As last, an opportunity, nursed through hard work and conscious effort, has borne fruits – literally. Rev. Fr. Derrick Eyram Senanu, Priest-in-Charge at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Begoro, two years on after his repostment, was convinced a mushroom farm was a viable opportunity in an agriculture community…
She married the priest (The New York Times) Unforgettable. That’s the word that brought the worlds of Kaitlyn Folmer and Jonathan Morris back into the same orbit after a brief but indelible encounter more than seven years earlier. “When I first met Kaitlyn, I found her to be super smart, super happy, very efficient, and very energetic,” Mr. Morris, 48, said. “She was someone who was really hard to forget…”
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