Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, World News, Young Adult Ministry
Established in 1997 as a private association of the faithful, the Dead Theologians Society (the name of which is a spin on the 1989 film “Dead Poets Society,” in which a teacher galvanizes his students through poetry) is open to teens in grades 9-12, as well as young adults age 18-24, with the two age groups meeting separately under adult leadership.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Giving, News, Vocations, World News
The faithful will have an opportunity the weekend of Dec. 7-8 to support the more than 20,000 elderly religious sisters, brothers and religious order priests who have devoted their lives to service in the Catholic Church through an annual collection benefiting retired religious across the United States.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, News, Social Justice, World News
This fifth-generation parishioner and curator of the soil assembles the teachings of the church into a more sustainable, God-oriented way of farming.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, Social Justice, World News
Mary’s Meals serves meals to 2,429,182 children every school day across 17 countries.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
Mozambique’s bishops designated Nov. 24 as a National Day of Prayer for peace and reconciliation following the recent deaths and injuries related to the country’s election crisis.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News
The Archdiocese of New York has announced staff cuts and a major revamp of its pastoral offices, as it sheds its longtime headquarters building and wrestles in court with its insurer to cover abuse claim payouts.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has named a “cura villero” — one of the priests working in the shantytowns of Buenos Aires — to head the Argentine archdiocese previously led by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Filed Under: En Español
El Salvador ha ordenado que un ex presidente sea juzgado por los asesinatos en 1989 de seis jesuitas, su ama de llaves y su hija de 16 años — un crimen notorio de la guerra civil del país centroamericano, que ha languidecido en el reino de la impunidad.
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Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews
In crafting the biopic “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” (Angel), writer-director Todd Komarnicki can be credited with being scrupulous about historical truth. Yet, despite the film’s provocative full title — which suggests that he had a lot of interesting material to mine from his subject’s life — there’s a ponderous tone to his profile.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the church in the Holy Land has expressed concern regarding the misuse of its historic insignia beyond strictly religious purposes.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis will visit the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the Diocese of Ajaccio announced, although the trip was not immediately confirmed by the Vatican.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The situation in Ukraine is very “worrisome” and could spiral out of control, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
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