Pope will lead Sunday Angelus from hospital (CNA) Pope Francis will lead the Angelus from his hospital room on Sunday as he recovers from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said. The pope is at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital this week after undergoing a July 4 operation to remove part of his colon…
Bishop restricts ministry of Father James Altman (NCR) Fr. James Altman, a rogue Wisconsin priest who flaunted COVID-19 protocols at the height of the pandemic, derided liberals as “left-wing fascist Nazis” and warned that Catholics who support the Democratic Party could “face the fires of hell,” has been removed as pastor of his parish and restricted from ministry…
Maryland Catholic school’s hair style policies raise questions of discrimination (WTOP) A private school run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., in Rockville, Maryland, is facing scrutiny for policies in its student handbook banning braids, cornrows, twists or dreadlocks, rules which parents of Black children feel are discriminatory. In a letter to St. Jude Regional Catholic School, Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando said a constituent preparing to send her child to the school had reached out to say she was “extremely distressed” about the school’s hairstyle policy…
Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Haiti (The New York Times) With the prospect of greater turmoil looming, international observers worry that a growing humanitarian crisis could lead to the kind of exodus that has in the past followed natural disasters, coups or other periods of deep instability…
Former Protestant becomes cloistered nun in Spain (CNA) Sister Evelyn of the Child Jesus took her final vows as a cloistered Dominican nun at the Santo Domingo el Real monastery in Segovia, the community’s first vocation in almost 30 years. Sister Evelyn was born in Singapore and worked as a flight attendant, according to El Adelantado de Segovia. “I had all the luxurious life I wanted, but I realized that nothing could really fulfill me. I was always looking for God, I was looking for the truth, although I was not very religious,” she said…
The rewards of retreats (CNS) Although the secular world has appropriated the concept of retreats for management teams, sales forces and various boards, the original use of the term “retreat” is religious in nature. In short, it is a time to step back from one’s many activities to reassess how one’s life is reflecting the baptismal call…
