Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated local communities and the nation at large, several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News
San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said it was important to be with the people suffering from the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, tragedy to remind them they are not alone, give them the support they need and most of all just show them “love, love, love.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, News, World News
A federal judge prevented The Catholic University of America from selling a dress worn by Judy Garland in the “Wizards of Oz” the day before it was scheduled to be auctioned.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News
At Catholic college and university graduation ceremonies across the country, speakers praised students for lessons learned during these past four years that had nothing to do with classes, projects or late-night study sessions, but instead with how they adapted to their workload during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News
After the Supreme Court ruled that Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group to fly its flag at City Hall, another group, The Satanic Temple, has requested permission to fly a flag outside the city building.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
The Supreme Court appears set to overturn its Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion for nearly 50 years, according to a leaked initial draft of a court opinion obtained by Politico and published online the evening of May 2.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News
The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach April 25 who said his postgame prayers on the field — that cost him his job — amounted to private speech and not the public school’s endorsement of religion.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews
Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
Richard Moore, a South Carolina death-row inmate, chose death by firing squad over electrocution but described both methods as unconstitutional.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
In a 53-47 vote, the U.S. Senate April 7 confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to fill that role.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints
Mother Mary Lange, who founded the first Black Catholic school in the United States and the first religious order for women of color, is an example of courageous resilience the church needs, say members of her order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court moved forward April 4 after a 53-47 Senate procedural vote to bring her nomination before the full Senate likely before April 8.
