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5 Things to Know about Turkey Bowl Gerry Jackson November 21, 2024 Here are five things to know ahead of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football clash between Baltimore-area Catholic schools Calvert Hall Cardinals and Loyola Blakefield Dons
Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing dies at 90 Catholic Review Staff November 20, 2024 A funeral Mass for Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing will be offered at noon on Nov. 23 at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. Father Cushing died Nov. 14. He was 90.
Observation of holy day of obligation for Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception moved to Dec. 9 this year Catholic Review Staff November 20, 2024 Archbishop William E. Lori announced that the observance of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be transferred to Dec. 9 this year.
Father Francis ‘Fritz’ Gollery welcomed back to priesthood after nearly 50 years Katie V. Jones November 19, 2024 Almost exactly 50 years after Father Francis “Fritz” Gollery received permission to leave the priesthood, the 86-year-old clergyman has been reinstated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
New York Archdiocese announces staff cuts, ministry restructuring due to abuse payouts Gina Christian November 22, 2024 The Archdiocese of New York has announced staff cuts and a major revamp of its pastoral offices, as it sheds its longtime headquarters building and wrestles in court with its insurer to cover abuse claim payouts.
‘Cura villero’ — shantytown priest — named archbishop in Argentina David Agren November 22, 2024 Pope Francis has named a “cura villero” — one of the priests working in the shantytowns of Buenos Aires — to head the Argentine archdiocese previously led by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Hegseth controversy compounds Vatican institution’s concerns over religious symbols’ misuse OSV News November 22, 2024 Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the church in the Holy Land has expressed concern regarding the misuse of its historic insignia beyond strictly religious purposes.
Pope will visit French island of Corsica Dec. 15, diocese says Catholic News Service November 22, 2024 Pope Francis will visit the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the Diocese of Ajaccio announced, although the trip was not immediately confirmed by the Vatican.
Preparing for Change Rita Buettner November 22, 2024 As we look ahead to Advent, it almost feels as if nature is paving the way to that time, calling us to let the fading vibrancy of autumn go, and be open to the journey ahead. Change can be wonderful, but it can also be hard.
Family and friends, the 2024 election and Thanksgiving Elizabeth Scalia November 21, 2024 The shrug also helps us to remember that good people may disagree and still be good people, and that most of us are doing the best we can, by such light as we are given.
A Eucharistic Word: Waiting Michael R. Heinlein November 21, 2024 The Eucharist, as the source and summit of Christian life, has much to teach us about waiting.
In my end is my beginning Scott P. Richert November 20, 2024 For those of us who have been united through baptism to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the last day of each of our lives does not fade away into eternal night but opens onto a new day, at the height of which we will rest in the…
A pilgrim reflects upon traveling hundreds of miles with the Eucharist Kai Weiss November 20, 2024 As one of the perpetual pilgrims who traveled with him for the entire two months, I got to experience the adventure of a lifetime.