Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries
Father Lawrence Florian “Larry” Kolson, a Baltimore native who served six parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and recently marked his 50th year in the priesthood, died Aug. 13 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium following a long illness. He was 76.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Mary is not a “motionless wax statue,” but a disciple who wants to share the good news of Jesus with everyone and reaches out to help and comfort them, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Full-Court Catholic
Just as I stood patiently on the sidelines with my son, our Lord has stood patiently with me. He has led me out into the field to spread his word, and he has coaxed me to fulfill my baptismal calling to make disciples of others.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry
Students — many of whom are exploring careers in science — conduct hands-on, faculty-mentored research, design and perform experiments, analyze and interpret data, and present their results.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News
In his homily during St. Maximilian Kolbe’s canonization Mass Oct. 10, 1982, St. John Paul II said the Polish Franciscan was granted the grace of carrying out “in an absolutely literal manner” the words of Christ: “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries
A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Stephen Vanyo was offered June 6 in Brazil, where the priest had devoted decades of ministry. Father Vanyo died June 5. He was 88.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs
Summer is mission trip season — which usually conjures up images of a few dozen Catholic teenagers and their chaperones practicing the corporal works of mercy in developing nations while simultaneously expanding their cultural horizons.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News
Retired FBI official James Bogner was recently named chair of the National Review Board, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ consultative safe environment body established in 2002 under the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” also known as the Dallas Charter.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, War in Ukraine, World News
Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, while a priest at a separate parish is hastening to remove sacred items ahead of an expected Russian attack.
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Filed Under: En Español, Protagonistas de Fe
La hermana Xiskya Valladares, quien ha sido apodada ‘la Monja Twittera’ le dice a los jóvenes “Miren a Jesús, lo que hizo con el ‘hate’ que tuve con los fariseos y el sanedrín. ¿Qué hizo? Seguir adelante, no se detengan porque les critiquen.” La hermana Xiskya Valladares es miembro de la comunidad religiosa Pureza de […]
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News
Catholic schools are still excluded from Maine’s tuition grant program, a federal judge ruled Aug. 8, but he added that he expected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to eventually provide “a more authoritative ruling.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Olympics
Jesus wants us to love each other — to recognize the God-borne humanity in each person that comes before us and — before reacting, deciding or judging — loving them for it.
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