‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison New miracle confirmed from Lourdes sanctuary Be ‘heralds of hope,’ pope asks priests in homily for chrism Mass ‘Waking up to God’: Desire for community, renewed faith interest may explain U.S. boost in numbers of new Catholics Passion Project: Icons and holy relic inspire devotion at Western Maryland parish Local News Conventual Franciscan Francis Lombardo, former teacher at Curley, dies at 90 Catholic Review Staff April 17, 2025 A funeral Mass will be offered April 24 in Hamburg, N.Y., for Conventual Franciscan Father Francis (Frank) J. Lombardo, who taught English for five years at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore. Father Lombardo, a priest of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died April 8. He was 90. Passion Project: Icons and holy relic inspire devotion at Western Maryland parish Katie V. Jones April 16, 2025 The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County. Top-performing students honored as Distinctive Scholars Catholic Review Staff April 16, 2025 The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the academic excellence of three seniors from each of the 17 Catholic Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore during the 33rd annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, held April 10 at The Catholic High School of Baltimore. Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters Catholic Review Staff April 16, 2025 As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally. More Local News World News Bishop welcomes the UK Supreme Court’s ruling: Women are defined solely by biological sex Simon Caldwell April 17, 2025 A British Catholic bishop has welcomed a ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court that a woman is defined solely by biological sex. ‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison Cindy Wooden April 17, 2025 While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome’s Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17. Gaza is in a state of ‘extreme poverty,’ but Christians still share what they have with others OSV News April 17, 2025 More than 1,500 people have been killed in Israeli bombardment of the enclave since it renewed the Israel-Hamas war on March 18, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said. New miracle confirmed from Lourdes sanctuary Caroline de Sury April 17, 2025 In a joyful moment after the rosary on St. Bernadette Soubirous’ feast day April 16 at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, the shrine’s rector, Father Michel Daubanes, announced that a 72nd miracle at the famed pilgrimage site has been recognized. More World News Commentary Carlo Acutis: Computer programmer, Eucharist devotee, first millennial saint Meg Hunter-Kilmer April 17, 2025 Blessed Carlo Acutis had a PlayStation. He made awkward videos with his friends. His favorite cartoon was “Pokémon.” And on April 27, he will be canonized a Catholic saint. A Eucharistic Word: Habit Michael R. Heinlein April 17, 2025 As any parent will understand, praying well at Mass with three children is not easy — or sometimes, even possible. Question Corner: Can my friend’s annulment case be sped up so she can enter the church at Easter? Jenna Marie Cooper April 16, 2025 We should keep in mind that the church sees the process of Christian initiation as a spiritual journey, not as an academic year with a deadline for “graduation.” Looking toward the dawn at Easter Effie Caldarola April 16, 2025 It’s difficult to think of laughter when you see the suffering of the men who languish, none of them having access to due process, in a brutal foreign prison. But as Christians we are called to hope, even in the midst of night. Welcome home Rita Buettner April 16, 2025 The miracle of Easter shows that anything and everything is possible for God, and that even death does not have the final word. More Commentary Featured Video Pope Francis made a brief appearance at the end of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square April 13, greeting more than 20,000 people with a quiet blessing as Holy Week began.
Conventual Franciscan Francis Lombardo, former teacher at Curley, dies at 90 Catholic Review Staff April 17, 2025 A funeral Mass will be offered April 24 in Hamburg, N.Y., for Conventual Franciscan Father Francis (Frank) J. Lombardo, who taught English for five years at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore. Father Lombardo, a priest of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died April 8. He was 90.
Passion Project: Icons and holy relic inspire devotion at Western Maryland parish Katie V. Jones April 16, 2025 The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County.
Top-performing students honored as Distinctive Scholars Catholic Review Staff April 16, 2025 The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the academic excellence of three seniors from each of the 17 Catholic Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore during the 33rd annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, held April 10 at The Catholic High School of Baltimore.
Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters Catholic Review Staff April 16, 2025 As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally.
Bishop welcomes the UK Supreme Court’s ruling: Women are defined solely by biological sex Simon Caldwell April 17, 2025 A British Catholic bishop has welcomed a ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court that a woman is defined solely by biological sex.
‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison Cindy Wooden April 17, 2025 While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome’s Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17.
Gaza is in a state of ‘extreme poverty,’ but Christians still share what they have with others OSV News April 17, 2025 More than 1,500 people have been killed in Israeli bombardment of the enclave since it renewed the Israel-Hamas war on March 18, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said.
New miracle confirmed from Lourdes sanctuary Caroline de Sury April 17, 2025 In a joyful moment after the rosary on St. Bernadette Soubirous’ feast day April 16 at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, the shrine’s rector, Father Michel Daubanes, announced that a 72nd miracle at the famed pilgrimage site has been recognized.
Carlo Acutis: Computer programmer, Eucharist devotee, first millennial saint Meg Hunter-Kilmer April 17, 2025 Blessed Carlo Acutis had a PlayStation. He made awkward videos with his friends. His favorite cartoon was “Pokémon.” And on April 27, he will be canonized a Catholic saint.
A Eucharistic Word: Habit Michael R. Heinlein April 17, 2025 As any parent will understand, praying well at Mass with three children is not easy — or sometimes, even possible.
Question Corner: Can my friend’s annulment case be sped up so she can enter the church at Easter? Jenna Marie Cooper April 16, 2025 We should keep in mind that the church sees the process of Christian initiation as a spiritual journey, not as an academic year with a deadline for “graduation.”
Looking toward the dawn at Easter Effie Caldarola April 16, 2025 It’s difficult to think of laughter when you see the suffering of the men who languish, none of them having access to due process, in a brutal foreign prison. But as Christians we are called to hope, even in the midst of night.
Welcome home Rita Buettner April 16, 2025 The miracle of Easter shows that anything and everything is possible for God, and that even death does not have the final word.
