The cholera epidemic that ravaged Baltimore in the summer of 1832 was one of the worst public health crises the city ever faced.
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Bishop Barron Criticizes Synod Report’s Suggestion Scientific Advances Could Shift Church Morality Teaching
Bishop Robert E. Barron said he is in “frank disagreement” with a section of a report from the Synod on Synodality indicating that scientific advances could prompt “rethinking” of the church’s teaching on sexual morality.
Israel-Hamas Truce Has Been Extended by Two Days; More Hostages Scheduled to be Released
Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry said Nov. 27 that an agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days. The announcement was made by a ministry’s spokesperson on X on the final day of a four-day cease-fire in which hostages abducted by Hamas in October have been released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Msgr. Delendick, 74, FDNY Chaplain Dies of 9/11 Illness
Msgr. John E. Delendick, the chaplain of the NYC Fire Department remembered for his heroic service during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, died Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day morning. He suffered for several years with pancreatic cancer, which the FDNY said it recognized as related to the attack on the World Trade Center. He was 74.
Citing Lung Inflammation, Pope Curtails Schedule Ahead of Dubai Trip
As a result of what the Vatican described on Monday as an inflammation of his lungs, for which he’s receiving antibiotic treatments, Pope Francis has postponed several commitments in the coming days in order to preserve his strength for a planned Dec. 1-3 trip to Dubai for the COP-28 climate change summit.
Pope Holds Separate Meetings With Israelis, Palestinians at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With hopes growing for a temporary, humanitarian cease-fire, Pope Francis met at the Vatican Nov. 22 with relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas and, separately, with relatives of Palestinians suffering under the Israeli siege of Gaza.
2023 Keep Christ in Christmas Art Contest
The Tablet, in collaboration with the Archbishop John Hughes Council of the Knights of Columbus, invites students to express their faith through art by participating in this year’s DIGITAL Christmas art contest.
Catholic Leaders, White House Officials Talk Climate Change as COP28 Nears
A group of delegates, including three U.S. Catholic bishops and the head of a conference of women religious, met with Biden administration officials Nov. 17 to discuss the Catholic Church’s priorities for what Pope Francis has called “our suffering planet.”
Destination Dubai: Pope Heads to Climate Conference to Press for Action
When Pope Francis visits Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to address the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, he will be the first pope ever to attend one of the global gatherings that began in 1995.
It’s All True: Heaven, Hell, And Purgatory Are Real
The character of Han Solo has been portrayed by Harrison Ford since the very first film set in a galaxy far, far away, namely “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.