Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including abortion pill ban Kenyan Catholic Church rejects President Ruto’s financial donation Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing dies at 90 Laity, women do not ‘rank’ last in the church, pope says at general audience Report examines ‘persistent racial disparities’ in federal death penalty use Local News Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing dies at 90 Catholic Review Staff November 20, 2024 A funeral Mass for Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing will be offered at noon on Nov. 23 at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. Father Cushing died Nov. 14. He was 90. Observation of holy day of obligation for Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception moved to Dec. 9 this year Catholic Review Staff November 20, 2024 Archbishop William E. Lori announced that the observance of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be transferred to Dec. 9 this year. Father Francis ‘Fritz’ Gollery welcomed back to priesthood after nearly 50 years Katie V. Jones November 19, 2024 Almost exactly 50 years after Father Francis “Fritz” Gollery received permission to leave the priesthood, the 86-year-old clergyman has been reinstated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archdiocesan priests mark milestone jubilees Eileen Hiebler November 19, 2024 Looking back on their decades of priestly ministry, the two longest-serving priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are grateful for the opportunities to serve people at some of the most important moments in life – whether they be happy times such as marriages and baptisms or more difficult times of sickness, loss and death. More Local News World News Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including abortion pill ban Kate Scanlon November 20, 2024 A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion — including one banning chemical or medication abortions — violated the state’s constitution and could not be enforced. Kenyan Catholic Church rejects President Ruto’s financial donation Frederick Nzwili November 20, 2024 A disagreement between the Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has taken a new twist, with the church rejecting a $40,000 donation from President William Ruto. Pope approves simplified rites for papal funeral, burial Cindy Wooden November 20, 2024 Pope Francis, who will celebrate his 88th birthday in December, has approved simplified liturgical rites for the death of a pontiff. Laity, women do not ‘rank’ last in the church, pope says at general audience Carol Glatz November 20, 2024 There are no second-class Christians, Pope Francis said. The laity, including women, and the clergy all have special gifts to edify the church in unity and holiness. More World News Commentary In my end is my beginning Scott P. Richert November 20, 2024 For those of us who have been united through baptism to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the last day of each of our lives does not fade away into eternal night but opens onto a new day, at the height of which we will rest in the… A pilgrim reflects upon traveling hundreds of miles with the Eucharist Kai Weiss November 20, 2024 As one of the perpetual pilgrims who traveled with him for the entire two months, I got to experience the adventure of a lifetime. Question Corner: Is Dec. 9 a holy day of obligation this year? Jenna Marie Cooper November 20, 2024 The solution for competing solemnities is to transfer the liturgical celebration of the non-Sunday holy day to the first subsequent available date. Thus, in the year 2024, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in our liturgy on Monday, Dec. 9. ‘Don’t leave us alone’ Jenny Kraska November 18, 2024 What emerged from their words was the indomitable will of Ukrainians not to give in to circumstances, to resist and begin again to rebuild what was destroyed, thanks in part to the vital support of the Knights’ organization and Caritas Ukraine. A faith that questions Jaymie Stuart Wolfe November 18, 2024 Salvation history can be told through the questions that appear in Scripture. More Commentary Featured Video As part of renovation of the church at St. Joseph in Cockeysville, a pipe organ constructed by Peragallo Organ Company in Paterson, N.J., was installed over the summer of 2024. The magnificent instrument includes 2,172 pipes.
Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing dies at 90 Catholic Review Staff November 20, 2024 A funeral Mass for Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing will be offered at noon on Nov. 23 at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. Father Cushing died Nov. 14. He was 90.
Observation of holy day of obligation for Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception moved to Dec. 9 this year Catholic Review Staff November 20, 2024 Archbishop William E. Lori announced that the observance of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be transferred to Dec. 9 this year.
Father Francis ‘Fritz’ Gollery welcomed back to priesthood after nearly 50 years Katie V. Jones November 19, 2024 Almost exactly 50 years after Father Francis “Fritz” Gollery received permission to leave the priesthood, the 86-year-old clergyman has been reinstated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Archdiocesan priests mark milestone jubilees Eileen Hiebler November 19, 2024 Looking back on their decades of priestly ministry, the two longest-serving priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are grateful for the opportunities to serve people at some of the most important moments in life – whether they be happy times such as marriages and baptisms or more difficult times of sickness, loss and death.
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including abortion pill ban Kate Scanlon November 20, 2024 A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion — including one banning chemical or medication abortions — violated the state’s constitution and could not be enforced.
Kenyan Catholic Church rejects President Ruto’s financial donation Frederick Nzwili November 20, 2024 A disagreement between the Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has taken a new twist, with the church rejecting a $40,000 donation from President William Ruto.
Pope approves simplified rites for papal funeral, burial Cindy Wooden November 20, 2024 Pope Francis, who will celebrate his 88th birthday in December, has approved simplified liturgical rites for the death of a pontiff.
Laity, women do not ‘rank’ last in the church, pope says at general audience Carol Glatz November 20, 2024 There are no second-class Christians, Pope Francis said. The laity, including women, and the clergy all have special gifts to edify the church in unity and holiness.
In my end is my beginning Scott P. Richert November 20, 2024 For those of us who have been united through baptism to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the last day of each of our lives does not fade away into eternal night but opens onto a new day, at the height of which we will rest in the…
A pilgrim reflects upon traveling hundreds of miles with the Eucharist Kai Weiss November 20, 2024 As one of the perpetual pilgrims who traveled with him for the entire two months, I got to experience the adventure of a lifetime.
Question Corner: Is Dec. 9 a holy day of obligation this year? Jenna Marie Cooper November 20, 2024 The solution for competing solemnities is to transfer the liturgical celebration of the non-Sunday holy day to the first subsequent available date. Thus, in the year 2024, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in our liturgy on Monday, Dec. 9.
‘Don’t leave us alone’ Jenny Kraska November 18, 2024 What emerged from their words was the indomitable will of Ukrainians not to give in to circumstances, to resist and begin again to rebuild what was destroyed, thanks in part to the vital support of the Knights’ organization and Caritas Ukraine.
A faith that questions Jaymie Stuart Wolfe November 18, 2024 Salvation history can be told through the questions that appear in Scripture.
