Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Missionary Disciples, News, Vatican, World News
Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus’ divine mercy after the resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of God’s love and mercy with others, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News
Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, died April 10 at the age of 96 in Newcastle, Australia.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Signaling further reforms of the Vatican City State penal code, particularly when it comes to financial crimes, Pope Francis said the laws must reflect “the equality of all members of the church” by doing away with “privileges that go back in time and are no longer in keeping with the responsibility of each for building up of the church.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis, his liturgy office and his communications team made very deliberate decisions over the past year with the goal of letting people experience how close the pope was to them in their isolation and suffering.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Legionaries of Christ received seven new allegations of sexual abuse against members of the congregation in 2020 and released the names of four additional members who ministered in the United States and had substantiated sexual abuse allegations made against them.
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Catholic News Service
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El Vaticano suspenderá una práctica de algunos sacerdotes que celebran misa en la Basílica de San Pedro temprano cada mañana solos en un altar lateral solamente con un monaguillo.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican is putting an end to the practice of priests going into St. Peter’s Basilica early every morning to celebrate their own Mass at a side altar with just an altar server.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News
Plenty of non-Christians believe that Jesus was a real person and that what he taught can make the world a better place, but what makes a person a Christian is believing that Jesus is God, said the preacher of the papal household.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, Video, World News
The Catholic Church’s commitment to dialogue with other churches and with other religions flows from the Gospel, but Pope Francis said he knows some Catholics disagree.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, World News
Having witnessed or even experienced persecution for their faith, the Christians of Iraq must be careful not to harbor thoughts of revenge, Pope Francis told them.
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