Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Video, World News
As Washington’s new cardinal and with a Catholic soon to be living in the White House, Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory said he hopes to collaborate where possible while respectfully pointing out where President-elect Joe Biden’s policies diverge from Catholic teaching.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Books, Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
While the coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions have interrupted people’s lives and brought suffering on a global scale, every individual — including the pope — has or will experience traumatic interruptions in their lives, Pope Francis said in a new book.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
When he was bishop of the Diocese of Gozo, Malta, Cardinal-designate Mario Grech “was a shepherd with a listening ear” and “a powerful and prophetic word” on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged, said an editorial in the Times of Malta.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
When he was bishop of the Diocese of Gozo, Malta, Cardinal-designate Mario Grech “was a shepherd with a listening ear” and “a powerful and prophetic word” on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged, said an editorial in the Times of Malta.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, McCarrick Report, News, Vatican, World News
In an unusual move, both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI subjected themselves to questioning by Vatican investigators charged with compiling a report on how church decisions were made regarding the career and ultimate expulsion of Theodore E. McCarrick.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, McCarrick Report, News, Vatican, World News
Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure based on personal contacts, protestations of his innocence and a lack of church officials reporting and investigating accusations, according to the Vatican summary of its report on the matter.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Praying for the dead and asking God to welcome them into his presence forever helps Christians remember what life and death are really about, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Bishops who want to establish a religious order in their dioceses must first obtain the written permission of the Holy See, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world insisting that when Pope Francis spoke about civil unions, he was not changing or challenging “the doctrine of the church, which he has reaffirmed numerous times over the years.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
A former priest who had been an early spiritual adviser to the alleged visionaries of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been excommunicated, according to an announcement by the Diocese of Brescia, Italy, where he lives.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington.
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