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Patrick Brice sentenced to home detention for attacks on elderly pro-life supporters Katie V. Jones August 8, 2025 Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant sentenced Patrick Brice Aug. 7 to one-year home detention and three years’ probation for his attack on two pro-life advocates.
Notre Dame of Maryland University joins with Milwaukee college to address teacher shortage Catholic Review Staff August 7, 2025 NDMU is collaborating with Milwaukee’s Mount Mary University to address staffing shortages in education and social work, with a joint agreement to increase the number of students with advanced degrees.
Sister Agnese Neumann dies at 95 Catholic Review Staff August 6, 2025 A funeral Mass for Religious Sister of Mercy Agnese Neumann will be offered at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11 at St. Joseph in Cockeysville. Sister Agnese died Aug. 2. She was 95.
Maryland Catholic Conference pleads for peace on 80th Anniversary of atomic bombings Catholic Review Staff August 6, 2025 The Maryland Catholic Conference issued a statement Aug. 6 asking for a renewed commitment to worldwide peace on the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that helped lead to the end of World War II.
Amid ‘reverse migration,’ sisters in Mexico accompany migrants trapped by US policies Rhina Guidos August 8, 2025 Along with other sisters and a team of collaborators, Sister María Magdalena accompanies and advocates for migrants traveling through the country, which used to be the last stop en route to the ultimate destination: the U.S.
Nagasaki Franciscan monastery that survived atomic blast still stands as messenger of peace Katarzyna Szalajko August 8, 2025 Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.
When nuns perished during adoration in wartime Warsaw, white doves rose into sky Alina Petrowa-Wasilewicz August 8, 2025 The wartime story of the heroic nuns from Warsaw begins during the uprising in August 1944, when their convent became a site of both faith and tragedy.
Newark Archdiocese settles abuse claims against retired bishop who denies allegations Paulina Katinas August 7, 2025 The Archdiocese of Newark has settled two claims of sexual abuse against retired Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, dating back more than 50 years — when he was a priest in Jersey City — the lawyer for the plaintiffs announced on Aug. 6.
The ‘both/and’ pope Deacon Manuel Aliaga August 7, 2025 The elevation of Robert Prevost brings the Catholic Church its second pope from the New World, its first U.S. pontiff and the first pope to hold Peruvian citizenship – making him both the first North and South American pope.
Can AI help the church evangelize? Sister Nancy Usslemann August 7, 2025 Perhaps not everyone finds the need to launch into the latest tech trend; however, the church herself must be present in the culture to be able to evangelize it from within.
Children of Abraham: Let us find another way to peace Elizabeth Scalia August 6, 2025 These brothers, Arabs and Jews alike, must face the fact that as they spill each other’s blood and destroy their own family they’re perpetuating the age-old curse of rootless dispossession down the decades. They must admit their culpability for miseries, past and present.
Question Corner: How accurate is the portrayal of Judas in ‘The Chosen?’ Jenna Marie Cooper August 6, 2025 We know that God is infinitely loving and merciful, so I believe that Jesus would have readily and joyfully forgiven Judas if he had only turned back to God and sought reconciliation.
The popes at Tor Vergata: From John Paul II’s vision to Leo’s witness Father Patrick Briscoe August 5, 2025 Twenty-five years after World Youth Day 2000, the world watched as another pope came to meet the youth of the church, again at Tor Vergata. Leo XIV, just a few months into his pontificate, stepped onto the world stage on a summer evening in 2025.
