In retrial, judge acquits man charged in assault on pro-life protester June 27, 2025By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life A Baltimore Circuit judge June 25 acquitted Patrick Brice, 28, in a retrial over whether the injuries he inflicted on pro-life protester Mark Crosby in a May 26, 2023 incident were intentional.
Science and the stars a call to the spiritual, says Vatican astrophysicist June 27, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News The Vatican Observatory attests that “science is not against God” — and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord’s wondrous works, said a Jesuit astrophysicist.
US bishops’ conference calls for ‘drastic changes’ in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ June 27, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. bishops’ conference on June 26 reiterated its support for and opposition to various provisions in the budget bill under consideration in the Senate called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Supreme Court rules states can deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood June 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 26 that there is not a private right to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s decision to end Planned Parenthood’s participation in the state’s Medicaid program. The ruling will likely allow other states to remove Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs.
Surgeon and Men’s Fellowship leader, Dr. Joseph Orlando, remembered for his compassion June 26, 2025By Patricia Zapor Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Friends and family fondly remembered Dr. Joseph C. Orlando for the motto by which he lived: “to heal the body is to heal the soul.”
Spain: Archbishop calls for unity following outcry over botched restoration of Marian statue June 25, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville urged unity among Catholics upset over the recent restoration of a 17th-century statue of the Virgin Mary known as the Virgin of La Macarena, or Our Lady of Hope of Macarena.
Ceasefire brings some relief, but ‘Gaza is bleeding’ and real peace needed, say experts June 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Recent strikes exchanged by Israel and Iran, accompanied by June 21 U.S. attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities, sparked fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.
Painting of St. Rose of Lima is part of Walters Art Museum exhibition June 25, 2025By Nora Hamerman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News Just in time for the elevation to the papacy of Pope Leo XIV, the American-born cardinal who was for many years a missionary in Peru, the Walters Art Museum is displaying a rare treasure of the Catholic Church in colonial Peru.
Raising hell: Catholics debate church teaching on eternal punishment June 25, 2025By Robert Duncan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest’s missionary work is raising hell — but not with the Chinese Communist Party.
Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France June 25, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Amid a record number of baptisms, turning the page on the abuse crisis and rapidly changing society, an “Observatory of Catholicism” was officially launched in June in Paris to produce regular, accurate and reliable data on Catholicism in France, thanks to the work of specialists, based on field surveys.
Father Pete Literal will retire after ministering for decades in prisons, parishes and cultural outreach June 25, 2025By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement Father Pete D. Literal, the pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Hydes who will retire July 1 at age 73, took a long road to becoming a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Radio Interview: Religious freedom faces ongoing challenges June 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom Aaron Weldon, Assistant Director for Religious Liberty at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, talks with George Matysek about ongoing challenges to religious freedom and what will happen during Religious Freedom Week.
