Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News
As the Emmaus Community for the poor investigates accusations of sexual abuse against its once-iconic, now disgraced, founder Abbé Pierre, the case made international headlines as Pope Francis commented on it while on his return voyage to Rome from Asia last week.
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Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News
The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on the outside of the iconic French church.
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Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, News, Sports, World News
With Paralympic Games closing in Paris Sept. 8, more than a monthlong Olympic adventure is over. But the spirit of the Games will resonate in the French Catholic Church for much longer — thanks to the disabled who participated in church initiatives with great enthusiasm.
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Filed Under: News, Olympics, Sports, World News
During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis’ Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the most sacred part of the Mass.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News
Paris wrapped its Olympic Games bursting with pride, closing the Games at Stade de France — a more traditional setting than the Seine River, where the opening ceremony took place.
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If one were looking for the busiest woman in the church of France these days, Isabelle de Chatellus, 46, from the Diocese of Versailles, is most probably the one.
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Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Olympics, Sports, World News
The square in front of Notre Dame Cathedral was bathed in sunshine Aug. 4 as representatives of the five major religions involved in the Paris Olympic Games met.
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Filed Under: News, Olympics, Sports, World News
Father Jason Nioka is a former judoka and is now championing the faith as he oversees a team of 40 Catholic chaplains — priests, religious and laypeople — who take turns welcoming the athletes in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, World News
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games — a sports festival aimed to unite all nations of the world — created shock and disbelief instead as Catholics around the world felt offended by the parody of the Last Supper, which was part of the opening ceremony.
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Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News
Even if the spotlight is now on sports stadiums ahead of the July 26 opening of the Summer Olympic Games, a Notre Dame Cathedral guide with four decades of experience recommended it’s the majesty of the cathedral one should turn to in the midst of the Games’ craze in Paris.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News
– In the run-up to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, opening on July 26, the “Holy Games” project, launched for the occasion by the French bishops and the Archdioceses of Paris, is gaining momentum with a growing number of events on the theme of “sport and faith.”
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Filed Under: Feature, News, World News
It was an emotional welcome when 48 veterans from around the U.S. arrived at the Deauville-Normandy Airport June 4 on board a special flight from Atlanta to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6.
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