Being a bishop requires humility, creativity, pope says September 11, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Close to 200 clerics who had been named bishops in the past year were not the only ones in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall to have been thrust into new ministries and leadership roles.
U.S. bishops deepen commitment to fight racism with new permanent body September 11, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Racial Justice, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops have deepened their commitment to combating racism, by making permanent a subcommittee dedicated to working for racial justice and reconciliation in society.
Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska and the conversations we need to have September 11, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Gun Violence Assassination is a tragedy for our country and for humanity. In this case it raises the flame beneath a pot that had already been simmering and is now dangerously close to boiling over. We must pray for peace, and for a reckoning that rids us of senseless violence once and for all.
Choosing civility: Schools promote kindness, peace and understanding September 11, 2025By Susan McInerney Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools A growing movement in archdiocesan-area Catholic schools is bucking that trend. A standout example is Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Baynesville, where students embraced the “Holy Moments” program launched by Dynamic Catholic as a pilot in the 2023-24 school year.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon September 11, 2025By Catholic Review Staff 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.
Bishops, officials call for prayer after conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed September 10, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Donald Trump said conservative activist Charlie Kirk died after being shot Sept. 10 during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Public officials and other commentators called for prayer after he was shot in the neck, reportedly by a sniper. Kirk was 31 and a married father with two young children.
Armed guards, security drills: Catholic schools enhance security after Minneapolis September 10, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News From armed guards to enhanced drills, Catholic schools throughout the country are bolstering their security measures, following last month’s deadly mass shooting targeting students at a Minneapolis school liturgy.
Polish prelate calls for peace after ‘reckless’ Russian drone attack violates country’s airspace September 10, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News Several Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the morning hours of Sept. 10, and were shot down by Polish military, with debris falling in eastern and central Poland.
SSND’s Villa Assumpta residents plan move to new Stella Maris facility September 10, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News After more than seven decades of residence at a prominent property in Baltimore County, the School Sisters of Notre Dame are scheduled to leave their regional mother house, Villa Assumpta, this fall.
Group says pope has authorized a traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s September 10, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Leo XIV has given permission for U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica during a pilgrimage in October.
Sister Joan Golden, former teacher at St. Bernardine, dies at 91 September 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 9 in Dunmore, Pa., for Sister Joan Golden of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sister Joan, formerly known as Sister M. St. Robert, died Sept. 3. She was 91.
Poll: France highly values Catholic schools, even as political turmoil swirls around them September 10, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, World News Sixty-seven percent of French people value the option of choosing between public schools and Catholic schools under contract with the state, according to a survey published Sept. 2 by the French Institute of Public Opinion.
