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Bankruptcy court judge gives victim-survivors temporary window to file civil suits

Bankruptcy court judge gives victim-survivors temporary window to file civil suits

New pope to celebrate three public Masses in May

New pope to celebrate three public Masses in May

Ukrainian president speaks with Pope Leo, invites him to Ukraine

Ukrainian president speaks with Pope Leo, invites him to Ukraine

Besides Leo XIII, 12 other popes have shared that name with new pontiff; 5 are saints

Besides Leo XIII, 12 other popes have shared that name with new pontiff; 5 are saints

Radio Interview: Meet the Mount St. Mary’s graduate who served as a lector at papal funeral

Radio Interview: Meet the Mount St. Mary’s graduate who served as a lector at papal funeral

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Bankruptcy court judge gives victim-survivors temporary window to file civil suits

Christopher Gunty

May 12, 2025

The judge overseeing the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case issued an order May 2 that will allow those who filed claims in the case to also file lawsuits against the archdiocese and affiliated entities in order to preserve their rights under an amendment this year to the Maryland Child Victims Act.

Radio Interview: Meet the Mount St. Mary’s graduate who served as a lector at papal funeral

Catholic Review Staff

May 12, 2025

One of the voices heard during the funeral of Pope Francis was Kielce Gussie, a Vatican journalist who had the honor of proclaiming the first reading at the Mass.

At St. Mary’s School in Hagerstown, vision takes shape to save a school

Katie V. Jones

May 12, 2025

St. Mary, a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School, has also set high academic goals alongside its faith-centered mission.

Catholic school students ‘elect’ pope in their own ‘conclave’

Katie V. Jones

May 11, 2025

Before the College of Cardinals elected U.S.-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the next supreme pontiff May 8, students across Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were holding their own mock conclaves – complete with rituals, research and reverence.

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‘We look toward the new pontiff with Christian hope,’ says ecumenical patriarch

Laura Ieraci

May 12, 2025

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes Pope Leo XIV will “be a dear brother and collaborator … for the rapprochement of our churches, for the unity of the whole Christian family, and for the benefit of all of humankind.”

New pope to celebrate three public Masses in May

Catholic News Service

May 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s schedule of public liturgies in May includes events revolving around the inauguration of his ministry, visits to Rome’s major basilicas and a celebration of priestly ordinations.

Pope Leo’s motto, coat of arms pay homage to St. Augustine

Catholic News Service

May 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s devotion to St. Augustine, his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms.

Chiclayo, Peru — where Leo XIV was bishop — celebrates one of own becoming pope

David Agren

May 12, 2025

Peruvians have greeted the election of Pope Leo with elation, pride and even disbelief that an adopted prelate whose pastoral formation came as a Augustinian missionary in poor and undeveloped parts of Peru could become pope and represent the country on the world stage.

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Our unexpected pope

Greg Erlandson

May 12, 2025

It is a reminder, as always, that when it comes to scoring papabile, usually those who know don’t say, and those who say don’t know.

The choices of our new pope

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

May 12, 2025

We do not yet know what choices Pope Leo will make. We can, however, pay close attention to the choices our new Holy Father has already made.

Gift of grace 

Rita Buettner

May 12, 2025

God doesn’t give us grace just at our baptism and confirmation, but over and over in abundance.

Yellow and white cloth hangs over the doors of Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in honor of the papal election

Who is our new pope, Pope Leo XIV?

Rita Buettner

May 10, 2025

What a gift this pope could be—and is—to our Church. What a blessing to have a pope who has so much to bring to this time.

Question Corner: Without a pope, how do we fulfill the indulgence requirement of praying for the pope’s intentions?

Jenna Marie Cooper

May 7, 2025

The general understanding among canon lawyers is that indulgences can still be earned during an “interregnum period” — meaning, during the period between the death or resignation of a pope and the election of his successor — because there does not need to be a reigning pope in order for the faithful to pray for the pope’s intentions.

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Cardinal Robert F. Prevost became the first pope In 2012, Catholic News Service asked then-Father Prevost to read the full text of the intervention he had prepared for the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization. Afterward, we posed questions related to the themes of his presentation. While the questions have been abbreviated, his answers are included here in full.

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