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Catholicism in France

Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France

June 25, 2025
By Caroline de Sury
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Amid a record number of baptisms, turning the page on the abuse crisis and rapidly changing society, an “Observatory of Catholicism” was officially launched in June in Paris to produce regular, accurate and reliable data on Catholicism in France, thanks to the work of specialists, based on field surveys.

The fisherman and the pharisee

June 25, 2025
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

Peter and Paul could not have been more different from each other. But the liturgical wisdom that brought these two towering saints together in a shared feast underscores the fact that the church needed both the fisherman and the Pharisee — and still does.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

June 25, 2025
By 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.

Father Pete D. Literal

Father Pete Literal will retire after ministering for decades in prisons, parishes and cultural outreach

June 25, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement

Father Pete D. Literal, the pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Hydes who will retire July 1 at age 73, took a long road to becoming a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Radio Interview: Religious freedom faces ongoing challenges

June 24, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom

Aaron Weldon, Assistant Director for Religious Liberty at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, talks with George Matysek about ongoing challenges to religious freedom and what will happen during Religious Freedom Week.

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Pope leads Corpus Christi procession through streets of Rome

June 23, 2025
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said.

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Excitement and pride abound at ordination of five priests for Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 23, 2025
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Joy, excitement and pride permeated the air during the long-awaited priestly ordination of five men during a June 21 Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

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‘Slaughter of innocents’ in suicide bombing at Syrian church called ‘unspeakable evil’

June 23, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

An Islamist suicide bombing at a packed Damascus church that killed at least 20 and injured dozens of worshippers June 22 has sparked international outrage. Sectarian violence continues to plague Syria’s new leadership seven months after toppling Bashar Assad’s regime.

Pilgrims walk in the footsteps of America’s first saint

June 22, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

In celebration of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s 50th anniversary of canonization this year, the four-day pilgrimage was organized to trace the steps of the first American-born saint’s journey from Baltimore to Emmitsburg in the 19th century.

Bomb Iran

Trump orders US attack on Iran nuclear sites, as Pope Leo, bishops plead for peace

June 22, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including that between Israel and Iran.

A loaf of sliced bread

We are part of the miracle

June 22, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Jesus can—and will—feed the thousands of people in front of him. He doesn’t need the five loaves and two fish to create a feast for that crowd.

Visiting Upstate New York’s National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs

June 22, 2025
By Cecilia Hadley
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News

Walking through the serene green spaces of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y., it is hard to imagine the scene that greeted St. Isaac Jogues and St. René Goupil at the same site in 1642.

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