Values, service highlight nursing career spanning 59 years World cannot remain indifferent to suffering of migrant children, pope says Vatican City mints new coins featuring face of Pope Leo XIV ‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, financial assistance to disaster-stricken Colombia Local News Values, service highlight nursing career spanning 59 years Samantha Smith August 14, 2026 For 59 years, Jacqueline “Jackie” Brock has built her nursing career around a simple calling: caring for people when they are at their most vulnerable. At Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, she has served patients in orthopedic nursing, the emergency department, operating room and registration area, bringing the hospital’s mission and values into each role. Fire damages building used for youth activities at St. Joseph, Fullerton Jay Sorgi August 13, 2026 The damage was extensive, but so was the gratefulness that no one was hurt after what parish and archdiocesan leaders suspect was an Aug. 10 lightning strike which led to a fire within a building on the campus of St. Joseph in Fullerton. Redemptorists’ Baltimore Province will become part of new North American province Jay Sorgi August 13, 2026 The Redemptorists’ Baltimore Province is about to become part of a much larger province, combining with Redemptorist communities in Denver, Mexico and Vietnam as the order reorganizes its North American mission. But the change in structure is not expected to end the Redemptorists’ presence in Baltimore. Archdiocese of Baltimore regroups parishes into eight regions George P. Matysek Jr. August 11, 2026 Reflecting the parish mergers and boundary changes that emerged from the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Seek the City to Come pastoral planning initiative, as well as other mergers that followed, Archbishop William E. Lori has regrouped parishes throughout the archdiocese into eight regions, replacing the previous 10. More Local News World News World cannot remain indifferent to suffering of migrant children, pope says Junno Arocho Esteves August 14, 2026 The world must no longer look at the plight of migrants, especially children, as a problem to be managed or quantified, but as a call to protect human rights and dignity, Pope Leo XIV said. Vatican City mints new coins featuring face of Pope Leo XIV Courtney Mares August 14, 2026 Numismatists take note. The Vatican City State Mint has issued a new set of coins to mark Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate and the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi. ‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour Katie Yoder August 14, 2026 A surprise new album from The Hillbilly Thomists — a band of Dominican friars whose music regularly hits the Billboard bluegrass charts — invites listeners to encounter God in a special way. Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, financial assistance to disaster-stricken Colombia Junno Arocho Esteves August 13, 2026 Pope Leo XIV sent a donation of 100,000 euros (approximately $115,321) for humanitarian relief efforts in Colombia, which is still reeling in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake early this week. More World News Commentary Addressing the ‘valleys of despair’ caused by the growing sports betting industry Charles C. Camosy August 13, 2026 The sports betting industry has seen explosive growth in revenue in the past six years, but how is it affecting society? Ray Kim, director of U.S. Programs & Partnerships at the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charles Camosy about what Catholics should know about the growing addiction issues that have taken hold for many. Ryan, meet Ryan: A glimpse into record-breaking Ryan Meet-ups Rita Buettner August 11, 2026 The idea that people named Ryan would gather together simply to celebrate sharing a name really struck me. Question Corner: What is predestination? Jenna Marie Cooper August 10, 2026 Q: Could you please tell me what exactly predestination is? Also, is this a dogma of the Catholic Church or is it heresy? The abstraction of ‘brokenness’ Leonard J. DeLorenzo August 10, 2026 We are wounded, yes, and also made in the image of God, also redeemed, also capable of glory, and we are bodies in time and in particular trouble, which is precisely the creature God came to save. He did not take on brokenness in general. He took on flesh, and was hungry, and wept, and bled from named wounds in his hands and his side. The work ethic incarnate George Weigel August 7, 2026 From his current station in the Communion of Saints, I hope Raymond Berry is interceding for all those men without work – men who are being denied, or who are denying themselves, the chance to become more, to be more, through honest labor. More Commentary Featured Video On July 29, 2026, The Hillbilly Thomists entered the event hall at Ss. Philip and James in Charles Village to a sellout crowd of more than 500. The event saw families, fans old and new, and people of all ages come together for a night of worship and fun.
Values, service highlight nursing career spanning 59 years Samantha Smith August 14, 2026 For 59 years, Jacqueline “Jackie” Brock has built her nursing career around a simple calling: caring for people when they are at their most vulnerable. At Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, she has served patients in orthopedic nursing, the emergency department, operating room and registration area, bringing the hospital’s mission and values into each role.
Fire damages building used for youth activities at St. Joseph, Fullerton Jay Sorgi August 13, 2026 The damage was extensive, but so was the gratefulness that no one was hurt after what parish and archdiocesan leaders suspect was an Aug. 10 lightning strike which led to a fire within a building on the campus of St. Joseph in Fullerton.
Redemptorists’ Baltimore Province will become part of new North American province Jay Sorgi August 13, 2026 The Redemptorists’ Baltimore Province is about to become part of a much larger province, combining with Redemptorist communities in Denver, Mexico and Vietnam as the order reorganizes its North American mission. But the change in structure is not expected to end the Redemptorists’ presence in Baltimore.
Archdiocese of Baltimore regroups parishes into eight regions George P. Matysek Jr. August 11, 2026 Reflecting the parish mergers and boundary changes that emerged from the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Seek the City to Come pastoral planning initiative, as well as other mergers that followed, Archbishop William E. Lori has regrouped parishes throughout the archdiocese into eight regions, replacing the previous 10.
World cannot remain indifferent to suffering of migrant children, pope says Junno Arocho Esteves August 14, 2026 The world must no longer look at the plight of migrants, especially children, as a problem to be managed or quantified, but as a call to protect human rights and dignity, Pope Leo XIV said.
Vatican City mints new coins featuring face of Pope Leo XIV Courtney Mares August 14, 2026 Numismatists take note. The Vatican City State Mint has issued a new set of coins to mark Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate and the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.
‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour Katie Yoder August 14, 2026 A surprise new album from The Hillbilly Thomists — a band of Dominican friars whose music regularly hits the Billboard bluegrass charts — invites listeners to encounter God in a special way.
Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, financial assistance to disaster-stricken Colombia Junno Arocho Esteves August 13, 2026 Pope Leo XIV sent a donation of 100,000 euros (approximately $115,321) for humanitarian relief efforts in Colombia, which is still reeling in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake early this week.
Addressing the ‘valleys of despair’ caused by the growing sports betting industry Charles C. Camosy August 13, 2026 The sports betting industry has seen explosive growth in revenue in the past six years, but how is it affecting society? Ray Kim, director of U.S. Programs & Partnerships at the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charles Camosy about what Catholics should know about the growing addiction issues that have taken hold for many.
Ryan, meet Ryan: A glimpse into record-breaking Ryan Meet-ups Rita Buettner August 11, 2026 The idea that people named Ryan would gather together simply to celebrate sharing a name really struck me.
Question Corner: What is predestination? Jenna Marie Cooper August 10, 2026 Q: Could you please tell me what exactly predestination is? Also, is this a dogma of the Catholic Church or is it heresy?
The abstraction of ‘brokenness’ Leonard J. DeLorenzo August 10, 2026 We are wounded, yes, and also made in the image of God, also redeemed, also capable of glory, and we are bodies in time and in particular trouble, which is precisely the creature God came to save. He did not take on brokenness in general. He took on flesh, and was hungry, and wept, and bled from named wounds in his hands and his side.
The work ethic incarnate George Weigel August 7, 2026 From his current station in the Communion of Saints, I hope Raymond Berry is interceding for all those men without work – men who are being denied, or who are denying themselves, the chance to become more, to be more, through honest labor.
