Question Corner: Why does the church still have indulgences? November 19, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Those of us still on earth can actively strive for a deeper sense of conversion and detachment from sin, but the souls in purgatory can no longer help themselves in this way and are dependent on our prayers and penances.
Washington Archdiocese’s project honors those enslaved by Catholic Church in Maryland November 19, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News During a Nov. 15 commemoration of Black Catholic History Month at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, the Archdiocese of Washington unveiled a new project that seeks to “honor those enslaved by the Catholic Church in Maryland.”
Catholic scholar quits Heritage over its president’s defense of Tucker Carlson interview November 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Prominent Catholic philosophical and legal scholar Robert P. George has resigned from the board of the conservative Heritage Foundation, saying he “could not remain” without its president fully retracting a video defending a controversial interview, platforming a leading white supremacist, that has split conservatives over the issue of antisemitism.
Believers must care for the poor and creation, pope says November 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News As the U.N. Climate Conference continued in Brazil, the pope dedicated his weekly general audience talk Nov. 19 to explaining how Jesus’ death and resurrection should lead Christians to “a spirituality of integral ecology,” which seeks the good of the human person and the planet.
Mercy Medical Center program combats preterm deliveries November 19, 2025By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Respect Life Mercy’s Centering Pregnancy program opened at its downtown Baltimore campus about three years ago to combine the health care, interactive learning and community building needed to combat low birth weight and pre-term delivery for women at risk, especially Black moms in underserved areas.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 19, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Catholics in Dublin now have a dedicated cathedral for first time in 500 years November 19, 2025By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Catholics of Dublin have a dedicated cathedral for the first time in 500 years following Pope Leo XIV’s decision on Nov. 14 to designate St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral as the Irish capital’s official Catholic cathedral.
Mercy High School freshman set to ask question of Pope Leo XIV November 18, 2025By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Mercy High School freshman Mia Smothers has been chosen to ask a question of Pope Leo XIV during the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, a four-day gathering of 15,000 young Catholics from across the country, running Nov. 20-23.
Pope encourages religious orders to perfect safeguarding systems November 18, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News Religious orders of men and women must continue perfecting their efforts to ensure the safety and integrity of every child, every person they meet and every member of their order, Pope Leo XIV said.
New report notes ‘significant rise’ in ‘personal attacks’ on Christians in Europe November 18, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News In its 2025 report, the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, or OIDAC, noted “a significant rise in personal attacks” against Christians in 2024.
‘Creation is crying out,’ pope says in new message to COP30 November 18, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News While “creation is crying out” and millions of people suffer the effects of climate change and pollution, politicians are failing to act, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope asks priests in diplomatic corps to be witnesses of hope November 18, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The priests who staff nunciatures and other Vatican diplomatic missions around the world must be priests first and diplomats second, Pope Leo XIV told them.
