Vatican: Pope to remain hospitalized for a few more days (Vatican News) The Holy See released a bulletin about the pope’s condition as he recovers from colon surgery. “His Holiness Pope Francis spent a quiet day and completed the post-operative course,” the bulletin said. “In order to optimize the medical and rehabilitation therapy, the Holy Father will remain hospitalized for a few more days….”
Catholic homilies mention racism, politics less than Protestant ones (CNS) As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did not mention these events nearly as much as did sermons by Protestant preachers, according to a report issued July 8 by the Pew Research Center…
“Hustler priest” devoted to homeless dies at 80 (San Diego Union-Tribune) Father Joe Carroll, a cheerful Catholic priest whose 40-year devotion to helping the homeless raised tens of millions of dollars and turned him into a San Diego icon, died Saturday night after a lengthy battle with diabetes. He was 80. Known fondly as the “Hustler Priest,” Carroll took what had been a small charity handing out peanut butter sandwiches downtown in the early 1980s and turned it into an assistance network for the poor that won awards and drew national media attention…
Judy Garland’s lost “Oz” dress turns up at Catholic University (CNN) A dress believed to have been worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” has been found on top of mailboxes in a university drama department. The Catholic University of America, in Washington DC, said in a release on Thursday that the dress had been missing for many years after being gifted in the early 1970s…
