Joyce inaugurated as Mount St. Mary’s president; promises continued faith, excellence April 14, 2025By Nolan Wilkinson Courtesy The Frederick News-Post Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Dr. Gerard “Jerry” Joyce was officially inaugurated as president of Mount St. Mary’s University in an April 12 ceremony to the cheers of faculty, staff and students.
‘The heart is where things are pulled together’: Bishop Flores on pope’s latest encyclical April 14, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News The heart is where a person can integrate his or her life amid a fragmented world, and the source of a heart’s mending and life is “the mystery of the heart of Christ,” said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, while speaking April 9 about Pope Francis’ most recent encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” or “He loved us.”
Radio Interview: Books and Authors: ‘Fulton Sheen’ and ‘Pain to Peace’ April 14, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview It’s a books and authors episode of Catholic Review Radio. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with authors of two new books.
Are the crown of thorns, holy nails and other relics of Christ real? April 14, 2025By Deborah Castellano Lubov OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter The history of relics — authentic or fake — is an amazing, fascinating chapter of Christian history through the centuries, especially the relics of Jesus Christ, which remain the most venerated and famous.
Black Hawk helicopter pilot has passion for service and the skies April 14, 2025By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools At 28 years old, Lia Paolucci has carved out a notable career as a detachment commander and helicopter pilot in the Maryland Army National Guard.
As ‘Laudato Si” turns 10, experts urge greater response to pope’s urgent message on climate April 14, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Writing in “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis said the Earth “cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her.”
France to see a record 17,800 catechumens baptized at Easter, with requests still ‘pouring in’ April 14, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments In record-breaking numbers, more than 17,800 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil on April 19, including 10,384 adults and more than 7,400 young people ages 11 to 17, according to an annual survey by the National Service for Catechumens of the French bishops’ conference.
On Palm Sunday, recovering pope says to carry the cross with compassion April 13, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.
Spanish bishops under scrutiny for church-government accord over Valley of the Fallen April 13, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Catholic groups have criticized Spain’s bishops for consenting to government redevelopment of a key national memorial complex near Madrid, amid fears of a continuing church decline across the traditionally Catholic country.
How did St. John Chrysostom become the Easter saint? April 13, 2025By Mike Aquilina OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, Saints No saint (outside the Bible) is more associated with the festival of Easter than St. John Chrysostom.
Upcoming appeal to help sustain more than 70 mission dioceses in U.S. April 13, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Giving, News, World News Donations to the annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal will help support more than 70 “home mission dioceses” in the U.S., as well as its current and former territories, the U.S. bishops announced.
‘A Love Letter to Chaplains’: Exhibit honors contributions of military chaplains in World War I April 13, 2025By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Opened in May 2024, the Sacred Service exhibit commemorates and educates visitors on the critical service that chaplains played during the First World War.
