Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, Vatican, World News
In his address to the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, emphasized the need to remain focused on the church’s missionary role of spreading the Gospel message.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Respect Life, World News
Advocates working to end the death penalty say they have long seen the links between racism and capital punishment and they plan to continue to speak out about it until they see a change.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News, Youth Ministry
A new outreach to teaching the faith, called the Institute on the Catechism, will be a springboard for faith formation developed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catechism.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gave another temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Richard Glossip, moving back his execution scheduled for Dec. 8 until next February while an appeals court reviews his claims of innocence.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Social Justice, Supreme Court, World News
A divided and often skeptical Supreme Court heard two cases Oct. 31 challenging race-conscious policies used in university admissions to obtain diverse student populations.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
The Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for more than 25 years and has gained the attention of Catholic leaders and celebrities for his claims of innocence.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
At the Vatican Embassy in Washington, Catholic advocates working to bring an end to the death penalty acknowledged leaders in the fight against capital punishment in the U.S.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
Colorado baker Jack Phillips, whose refusal to make a same-sex wedding cake on religious grounds went to the Supreme Court, is currently fighting a ruling that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a gender transition.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
John Ramirez, a Texas inmate who won a legal battle with the Supreme Court to have his pastor pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber, was executed by lethal injection Oct. 5.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News
– A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in a lawsuit filed by a former guidance counselor who said her contract was not renewed because of her same-sex union.
