Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” St. Augustine’s famous words addressed to God introduce his account of how a headstrong, self-indulgent young man became one of the most important Christian thinkers of all time and a saint — and the father of the Augustinian order, to which Pope Leo XIV belongs.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called the founding father of Catholic social doctrine in modern times, with his encyclical “Rerum Novarum” as its foundational document.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Remembering Pope Francis
The legacy of Pope Francis is large and complex, with plenty of high points. But part of it is ambiguity and verbal confusion on matters of church doctrine, pointing to a need for clarification by whoever succeeds Francis on the chair of Peter.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
John Paul was an ecumenical and interreligious innovator.
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Filed Under: Commentary
True faith rejoices in knowing that the life we celebrate at the stable in Bethlehem is the real answer to death.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary
I don’t know about you, but I make a point of giving “A Christmas Carol” a fresh reading every year, and it never disappoints.
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Filed Under: Commentary
Thanksgiving is one of those few national holidays when a semi-religious sentiment is allowed.
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Filed Under: Uncategorized
Despite significant opposition, someone persists in a life-changing decision at least partly because the opposition has the unanticipated consequence of reinforcing the determination to persist.
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Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary
Our politicians lately have been setting a bad example (again?) for the rest of us via their so-called debates.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, Supreme Court
When the Supreme Court opens for business again Oct. 7, it will have before it for argument and eventual decision in the term ahead at least three cases directly involving the protection of children and young people.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality
Only time will tell whether, as synod organizers keep insisting, the Synod on Synodality has produced a real groundswell of support among the laity for making the process called synodality a permanent feature of church life.
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