Catholic sisters to host livestream prayer for peace as violence continues in Iran, Middle East Dundalk church damaged in fire will remain permanently closed St. Frances connects from long range to deny Mount Carmel for BCL Tournament crown Prayer, unity essential as conflict spreads to Gulf States, says apostolic vicar of region St. Frances Academy coach praises players, Lord after remarkable football season Local News Dundalk church damaged in fire will remain permanently closed Katie V. Jones March 5, 2026 The archdiocese made the decision to permanently close St. Rita as a second worship site of Our Lady of Hope. St. Frances connects from long range to deny Mount Carmel for BCL Tournament crown Nelson Coffin March 4, 2026 With some sizzling long-range shooting (14-for-30) in the 55th edition of the BCL Tournament final, top-seeded St. Frances rallied from an early five-point deficit to grab a seven-point halftime advantage on the way to a 67-55 victory. Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including associate pastors Catholic Review Staff March 4, 2026 See new clergy appointments including pastors, associate pastors, deacons, and more. St. Frances Academy coach praises players, Lord after remarkable football season Gary Lambrecht March 4, 2026 As time ran out Dec. 10 on its home field at Baltimore’s Under Armour Stadium and St. Frances Academy finished its 37-20 rout of Corner Canyon of Utah to win the inaugural Overtime Nationals high school football title game, Panthers head coach Messay Hailermariam felt waves of joy, relief and gratitude for his players, assistants, family, school administrators and, of course, his beloved Lord. 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Pope Leo’s prayer to St. Francis: a call to peace in a divided world OSV News March 2, 2026 As tensions escalate following the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, we share this prayer to St. Francis of Assisi — a timeless intercessor for peace — which Pope Leo XIV shared with leaders of the Franciscan order on the beginning of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death in January 2026. More Commentary Featured Video At the new Borgo Laudato Si’ center in Castel Gandolfo, which honors Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on care for creation, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Orthodox Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago received a private tour celebrating the beauty of God’s creation.
Dundalk church damaged in fire will remain permanently closed Katie V. Jones March 5, 2026 The archdiocese made the decision to permanently close St. Rita as a second worship site of Our Lady of Hope.
St. Frances connects from long range to deny Mount Carmel for BCL Tournament crown Nelson Coffin March 4, 2026 With some sizzling long-range shooting (14-for-30) in the 55th edition of the BCL Tournament final, top-seeded St. Frances rallied from an early five-point deficit to grab a seven-point halftime advantage on the way to a 67-55 victory.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including associate pastors Catholic Review Staff March 4, 2026 See new clergy appointments including pastors, associate pastors, deacons, and more.
St. Frances Academy coach praises players, Lord after remarkable football season Gary Lambrecht March 4, 2026 As time ran out Dec. 10 on its home field at Baltimore’s Under Armour Stadium and St. Frances Academy finished its 37-20 rout of Corner Canyon of Utah to win the inaugural Overtime Nationals high school football title game, Panthers head coach Messay Hailermariam felt waves of joy, relief and gratitude for his players, assistants, family, school administrators and, of course, his beloved Lord.
Lebanon’s Eastern Catholic patriarchs, bishops call for ‘spiral of violence’ to end OSV News March 5, 2026 The Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon issued a statement March 5 in which they called “for an immediate halt to the spiral of violence” currently taking place in the Middle East and urged “a return to constructive dialogue and responsible diplomatic action, grounded in the pursuit of the common good of peoples who long for a peaceful life founded on justice and dignity.”
Sudanese bishops express distress at the massacre of 178 people in northern South Sudan Fredrick Nzwili March 5, 2026 Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have expressed distress at the brutal killing of nearly 178 people in northern South Sudan on March 2.
Iran’s exiled Christians watch events unfolding across Middle East with hope, fear Jonathan Luxmoore March 5, 2026 As conflict flares across the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, the country’s exiled Christians remain deeply anxious about the future.
Beloved Notre Dame coaching legend Lou Holtz remembered for ‘building men, not just players’ Eric Peat March 5, 2026 On March 4, Lou Holtz died in Orlando, Fla., at the age of 89, surrounded by his family. Forever etched in Fighting Irish lore for leading Notre Dame to the 1988 National Championship, Holtz leaves behind not just a decorated football resume but a legacy of shaping young men and inspiring people to live virtuously.
Performance theater and the ‘State of Disunion’ address Kenneth Craycraft March 5, 2026 If we persist in making it nothing more than partisan political theater — a measure of the disunion of America — it might be time to return to the practice of Jefferson and others, and quietly deliver an actual report rather than a red-meat partisan speech.
Question Corner: Does my ex have to be involved in the annulment process? Jenna Marie Cooper March 5, 2026 Practically speaking, when a respondent is willing to participate in the nullity process, this greatly helps the canon lawyer judges in a trial come to a fair and accurate decision, insofar as hearing from the respondent gives the judges a fuller picture of what actually happened.
What we’re becoming: AI and future of human dignity Leonard J. DeLorenzo March 4, 2026 If we approach “the AI Revolution” with only an eye to potential benefits, we’ll blindly accept the deleterious consequences to human life and society. We’ll automate ourselves into irrelevance without meaning to. We’ll outsource our humanity one convenience at a time.
Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever George Weigel March 4, 2026 Today, in a global culture dominated by the notion that everything in the human condition is plastic, malleable, and changeable by acts of human will — the insistence that nothing is given — the question on which the future of Christian mission and service to the world depends is, “Who are we?” Are we simply congealed stardust, the happy but accidental byproduct of billions of years of random cosmic biochemical forces?
Pope Leo’s prayer to St. Francis: a call to peace in a divided world OSV News March 2, 2026 As tensions escalate following the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, we share this prayer to St. Francis of Assisi — a timeless intercessor for peace — which Pope Leo XIV shared with leaders of the Franciscan order on the beginning of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death in January 2026.
