Exiled nuns from France found refuge in Baltimore May 2, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages A community of religious sisters whose ministry focused on continuously praying the rosary found refuge in Baltimore 113 years ago this month after being expelled from France in a clash between church and state.
Our Back Pages: Catholic Review counts popes in its readership April 4, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages At least three popes or future popes have read the Catholic Review.
Our Back Pages: Touting marriage in the 1890s February 11, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages Unless a man and woman are willing to give up their individuality for one another in marriage, Father Rooker said, they have no right to marry
Our Back Pages: Unmasking the mysterious Xavier Rynne January 11, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages Redemptorist Father Francis X. Murphy, the mysterious Vatican insider who used the “Xavier Rynne” pseudonym to publish detailed reports about intrigue at the Second Vatican Council, acknowledged his true identity to readers of the Catholic Review 25 years ago.
