Former Planned Parenthood leader shares conversion story at 40 Days for Life event March 5, 2024By Sharon Crews Hare Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Ramona Trevino shared her story during five recent prayer vigils in Maryland sponsored by 40 Days for Life.
Bishop Lewandowski’s mother, Frances, dies at 79 March 5, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Frances Marie Whitney, the mother of Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., died March 2 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was 79.
Priest narrowly escapes attack damaging historic Oregon Catholic shrine March 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Security cameras, religious objects and windows were smashed in the monastery of The Grotto, the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, a 54-acre shrine operated by the Order of Friar Servants of Mary.
Church Militant to shut down as defamation saga ignited by a radical traditionalist sect concludes March 5, 2024By Damien Fisher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Trapped in a vortex of scandal, the Ferndale, Mich.-based Church Militant is shutting down, the concluding chapter for the online news outlet thanks to a legal drama set in motion by a fringe traditionalist group and its canon lawyer, who is accused of defaming a New Hampshire priest on the opposite side of a canonical dispute.
‘Why, Lord?’ is appropriate prayer for grieving parents, pope says March 5, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Crying out to God and demanding answers when one’s child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith, Pope Francis told a group of grieving Italian parents.
Radio Interview: Pro-life update in the Archdiocese of Baltimore March 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Respect Life In advance of the March 11 Maryland March for Life in Annapolis, the Catholic Review talks with Erin Younkins about the many ways Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are supporting a culture of life.
Maryland March for Life is March 11 March 4, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life The annual Maryland March for Life begins with a 4:30 p.m. youth rally on the campus of St. Mary on Duke of Gloucester Street. Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker will celebrate a 5:30 p.m. Mass in the church that will be concelebrated by Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala.
Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland returns March 9 March 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The 25th annual Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland Conference will be held March 9 at St. Philip Neri in Linthicum from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Russian Catholic join in mourning Navalny, urge fight continue for human rights March 4, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Prominent Russian Catholics have urged church members to continue condemning human rights violations after the funeral of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, despite warnings people who attended could face police reprisals.
Alabama House, Senate pass similar bills to safeguard IVF; once reconciled, bill goes to governor March 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Alabama lawmakers in both the state’s House and Senate Feb. 29 passed similar bills to implement legal protections to in vitro fertilization clinics following a ruling by that state’s Supreme Court that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state law’s wrongful death law.
Jesuit Father Frank Haig, beloved Loyola physics professor, dies at 95 March 4, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Frank R. Haig, a beloved professor of physics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a former president of two Jesuit universities, died Feb. 28.
Church leaders condemn ‘wanton attack’ at aid site; Israelis demand hostage release March 4, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem condemned a “wanton attack” by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City who were waiting for delivery of humanitarian aid Feb. 29. Gaza health authorities said the attack left more than 100 people dead.
