Pro-life advocates grapple with Trump’s lack of clarity on abortion pills, next term’s policy December 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House in January, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have been left to grapple with some lack of clarity from him on the issue.
Hope is an ‘active virtue’ that makes good things happen, pope says December 11, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The “most beautiful gift” the Catholic Church and its members can give the world is a reason to live with hope, Pope Francis said.
Bishops discuss immigration, abortion concerns ahead of incoming Trump administration December 11, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The church must continue to stand for the dignity of all human life under the incoming Trump administration. That was the message from Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the bishops’ migration committee, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, the bishops’ new pro-life committee chair, who both spoke with OSV News at the U.S. bishops’ November meeting.
John Carroll School closed for day after students sickened December 10, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The John Carroll School in Bel Air was closed to students Dec. 10 after an incident the day before that resulted in 18 students being transported to local hospitals after feeling ill at a school Mass.
Lourdes confirms 71st miracle — the first for an English speaker; miracle occurred in 1926 December 10, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The list of miracles that have taken place at the French Marian shrine in Lourdes now includes, for the first time, an English-speaking soldier-patient.
Archdiocese of Baltimore honors Our Lady of Guadalupe December 10, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Dressed in bright green, white and red garb – the same colors of the Mexican flag – a group of young people and adults danced up the central aisle of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Dec. 7 during the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Coats for Kids brings smiles to all December 10, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News Smiles and laughter filled St. Agnes School’s gymnasium as children in grades pre-K-8 arrived in waves to receive free winter coats and greet Archbishop William E. Lori the morning of Dec. 9.
Archdiocesan delegates participate in Continental Encuentro December 10, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Delegates from the Archdiocese of Baltimore were among those from 18 countries attending the Nov. 11-17 XII Continental Encuentro of Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) in Zaragoza, El Salvador.
New York murder suspect hails from prominent Catholic Mangione family in Baltimore December 10, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Baltimore’s Catholic community and the Mangione family have been shaken by news that Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old grandson of Nicholas and Mary Mangione, was arrested Dec. 9 and charged with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Brother Michael Duffy, O.F.M. Conv., dies at 65 December 9, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Conventual Franciscan Brother Michael Thomas Duffy will be offered Dec. 11, at 2 p.m., at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City. Brother Michael died Dec. 6. He was 65.
U.S. bishops join pope, other groups urging Biden to commute 40 death sentences December 9, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, returns to the White House.
Amid Christmas and Jubilee preparations, prepare your hearts, pope says December 9, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News With the city of Rome presenting a gauntlet of major roadworks and construction projects ahead of the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis used the disruptions as an opportunity to encourage people to do some spiritual renovation before the jubilee.
