Pope Leo tells trafficking survivors God recognizes their ‘inestimable worth’ during Canary Islands visit How to watch the bishops consecrate the US to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Rain, sun and rainbows mark eucharistic pilgrimage stops in Anne Arundel County Calvert Hall announces construction project $70B immigration-enforcement funds exclude bishops-supported migrant protections Local News Rain, sun and rainbows mark eucharistic pilgrimage stops in Anne Arundel County Katie V. Jones June 11, 2026 While a thunderstorm greeted everyone as they arrived at St. Mary, only a few raindrops were falling when the eucharistic procession to the State House began. Singing songs and saying prayers in both English and Spanish, participants waved white flags, carried signs saying “Jesus, I Love You” and smiled at those gathered to watch the procession. 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Rain, sun and rainbows mark eucharistic pilgrimage stops in Anne Arundel County Katie V. Jones June 11, 2026 While a thunderstorm greeted everyone as they arrived at St. Mary, only a few raindrops were falling when the eucharistic procession to the State House began. Singing songs and saying prayers in both English and Spanish, participants waved white flags, carried signs saying “Jesus, I Love You” and smiled at those gathered to watch the procession.
Calvert Hall announces construction project Catholic Review Staff June 11, 2026 Calvert Hall College High School and The Huffman Family Foundation have announced the start of construction on a new $800,000 renovation project that will reimagine existing space in Keelty Hall as a modern hub for academics and athletics.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage features a blessing for Baltimore from atop the Washington Monument George P. Matysek Jr. June 10, 2026 From one of Baltimore’s most iconic landmarks, the Eucharist was lifted in prayer over the city as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrives in Maryland Katie V. Jones June 10, 2026 With the theme, “One Nation Under God,” the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrived in the Archdiocese of Baltimore June 9 at the site of the nation’s first monument to George Washington – a stoic stone tower just off the Appalachian Trail in Middletown.
Pope Leo tells trafficking survivors God recognizes their ‘inestimable worth’ during Canary Islands visit Courtney Mares June 11, 2026 Pope Leo delivered a powerful message to human trafficking survivors June 11 during the first stop of a two-day visit to Spain’s Canary Islands, one of Europe’s closest points of entry from the African coast.
How to watch the bishops consecrate the US to the Sacred Heart of Jesus OSV News June 11, 2026 In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. bishops are consecrating the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus June 11 in Orlando.
$70B immigration-enforcement funds exclude bishops-supported migrant protections Kate Scanlon June 11, 2026 President Donald Trump signed legislation June 10 providing $70 billion to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol.
Child protection, sainthood causes, World Youth Day on US bishops’ spring meeting agenda Julie Asher June 11, 2026 Headlining the June 10 public session of the U.S. bishops’ spring plenary in Orlando were addresses by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, along with a preliminary presentation on proposed updates to the bishops’ landmark document on protection policies for children and minors.
Catholic sci-fi novel demonstrates the dangers of replacing faith with ideology Madelyn Reichert June 11, 2026 Longtime fans of Karina Fabian’s “Rescue Sisters” stories will be quick to point out that the review of this month’s novel is a decade overdue. To them one can only reply that, after all, Christ gave the full day’s pay to the latecomers in his parable of the vineyard workers, and this reviewer is similarly grateful to have discovered such an excellent work of speculative fiction, even if a bit belatedly. Discovered, of course, being the operative word, as in any good work of science fiction.
Special delivery Rita Buettner June 10, 2026 I know there are people who say that a child learns best when they need to deal with the consequences. But I think there are enough hard consequences in life. The lessons I want to teach my children are to respond with compassion.
The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi George Weigel June 10, 2026 What can his fellow Catholics do for Jimmy Lai at the moment? We can hold him in prayer every day. We can urge the Administration to continue to press for Jimmy’s release and we can urge our representatives and senators to press the Administration to keep pressing the Chinese regime.
Question Corner: What does it mean if a couple is asked to ‘live as brother and sister’ during an annulment process? Jenna Marie Cooper June 9, 2026 If the original marriage is presumed to be a true and binding one, then living as a married person with a new spouse is technically committing adultery — even if most divorced and remarried people wouldn’t subjectively experience it this way.
Why the bishops are consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Archbishop Thomas Wenski June 9, 2026 In linking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with the devotion to the Sacred Heart, the bishops invite us to reflect with gratitude on the blessings God has bestowed on our nation but, at the same time, devotion to the Sacred Heart demands that we consider how we might foster truth, justice and charity in American life.
