Vatican affirms permanent place of ‘Anglican heritage’ in the Catholic Church March 26, 2026By Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has released a new document describing the “Anglican heritage” of the Catholic Church’s personal ordinariates as a permanent reality that makes a “distinctive contribution” to the Church’s evangelizing mission.
Fixed up and polished, Havre de Grace church ready for Easter March 26, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Father Francis Ouma sees the imprint of parishioners everywhere inside the newly renovated St. Patrick Church in Havre de Grace – in every restored surface and carefully renewed detail.
School Sisters of Notre Dame sell Villa Assumpta to Baltimore senior housing nonprofit March 26, 2026By Jay Sorgi Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News Villa Assumpta, the longtime regional motherhouse for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, will be redeveloped into a nonprofit continuing care community for senior living.
Saint’s relic in Hunt Valley brings comfort to cancer families March 26, 2026By Jay Sorgi Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints About 50 pilgrims arrived Feb. 6 for the weekly prayer gathering at the chapel of the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier in Hunt Valley, some traveling across state lines. In the presence of a first-order relic of St. Michael of the Saints, a 17th-century Spanish priest and member of the Trinitarians known for his deep devotion to the Eucharist, the names flowed like water.
Shrine is a place of prayer, pilgrimage and ‘encounter’ with St. John Paul II’s life, legacy March 25, 2026By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News St. John Paul II “changed the Church and the world, and you can encounter that here” at the national shrine in Washington named for the Polish pope, said Grattan Brown, the shrine’s director of mission and ministry.
BMA exhibition highlights how Matisse reimagined the Stations of the Cross March 25, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Video In spare black-and-white lines – almost graffiti-like in their directness – Matisse grouped all 14 Stations together in an expansive mural more than six feet tall.
The miracle of a living kidney donor: Virginia man realizes the power of persistent prayer March 25, 2026By Ann M. Augherton OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News He was put on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. More than 94,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant, according to national data. Many never receive one.
Via Crucis: The final Holy Week journey of Pope Francis March 25, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Following his release from Gemelli Hospital in March 2025, Pope Francis was prescribed two months of rest by doctors to recover after five weeks of hospitalization. Outside of a few brief appearances, it was widely expected that the pope would be seen little during Holy Week.
Air Canada crash shows ‘fragility of life,’ call to compassion, says Archbishop Hicks March 24, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News The fatal crash of an Air Canada jet at New York’s La Guardia airport is a reminder of “the fragility of life,” and the call to “care for one another with compassion,” said Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks.
Vatican diplomat decries ‘eugenic’ termination of Down syndrome pregnancies March 24, 2026By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News A Vatican diplomat in Geneva issued a call for greater commitment to the defense of the dignity and rights of people with Down syndrome, decrying the current “discriminatory and eugenic practices” related to prenatal screening.
Sister Kathleen Haughey, S.N.D.de.N., dies at 94 March 24, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Kathleen Patricia Haughey was offered March 3 at Our Lady Queen Chapel in Ipswich, Mass. Sister Kathleen died Feb. 22. She was 94.
Jerusalem patriarchate cancels Palm Sunday procession, postpones chrism Mass amid war March 24, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Easter, Feature, News, World News The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said wartime restrictions have forced the cancellation or postponement of key Holy Week observances, urging the faithful to remain united in prayer despite the inability to gather for traditional celebrations.
