Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Retirement, Vocations, World News
Cardinal O’Malley, who was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on Aug. 29, 1970, at the age of 26, has been a key figure at the highest levels of church governance in helping oversee reforms in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
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Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary
Keeping Christ in Christmas, or in any other day for that matter, is really the challenge of a eucharistic lifestyle. Our words are meaningless and empty when they are not upheld by our personal conformity in all we think, say and do.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Eucharist, as the source and summit of Christian life, has much to teach us about waiting.
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Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrapped up its fall plenary assembly’s final public session Nov. 13 in Baltimore, in which the bishops discussed topics ranging from the recent election, to synodality, to care for the environment, to life issues, including abortion and immigration.
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Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary
The historic mother church of America’s fourth largest diocese was the setting for the installation of its new archbishop, Richard G. Henning.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News
All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Eucharist truly is the gift that shapes our character into his. We pray, as St. Augustine preached, that we will ever more fully become who we receive.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is a treasure beyond compare, deserving our safeguarding and protection. We should and must be vigilant to ensure the Eucharist is not abused or desecrated.
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Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News
It was during a session for priests at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July when Archbishop Richard G. Henning, who will be installed as archbishop of Boston Oct. 31, made peace with what was to come.
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Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary
Like many of his fellow bishops, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, Archbishop Henning is sure to face further budget shortfalls; additional mergers and closures of parishes, schools and other ecclesiastical institutions; and continued shortages of priests and religious.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments
The mysterious workings of grace in our lives — or even what grace is — were fodder for interesting conversations between this father and his then-almost-7-year-old.
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Filed Under: Commentary
Of the approximately 1,800 minor basilicas in the world, the United States is home to 93, most recently the Basilica of St. Andrew in Roanoke, Va., which received its designation in September 2023.
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