Mass, Communion are sources of strength, papal preacher says March 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Going to Mass and receiving Communion are signs of putting one’s trust in God and understanding he is the one who gives the courage and strength to live life to the fullest no matter how little one has, the preacher of the papal household told members of the Roman Curia.
Dean of Georgetown Law says interim U.S. attorney’s DEI threat attacks its Catholic mission March 13, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Racial Justice, World News The dean of Georgetown University’s law school said the Jesuit institution will not alter its curriculum formed in Catholic teaching despite a threat from the District of Columbia’s acting top prosecutor.
Baltimore doctor leads international effort on easing pain March 13, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News As the director of the Placebo Beyond Opinions Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Dr. Luana Colloca explores ways to reduce pain through methods that don’t rely solely on drugs.
Resources for 2025 Jubilee Year March 13, 2025By Sister Neville Christine Forchap OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 Pope Francis has invited us to embark on a journey, a pilgrimage of hope, during this jubilee year. It is a call to walk together and become witnesses to an anxious world that God is faithful to us, and our hope in God will not disappoint.
St. Patrick: Do you know the myth or the man? March 13, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Surprisingly, given the popularity and influence of the day, many revelers know little about St. Patrick the man.
Maryland March for Life scheduled for March 27 March 13, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life The annual Maryland March for Life will take place March 27 in Annapolis, kicking off with registration and a pizza dinner at 4 p.m. and a youth rally at 5 p.m. at St. Mary in Annapolis.
Question Corner: Does the church grant annulments in cases of marital infidelity? March 13, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner If a person truly cannot remain faithful despite their desire to do so, this means that they were incapable of marrying due to a fundamental incapacity to assume a core duty of the vocation of marriage.
Addressing unnecessary human suffering: Migration today March 13, 2025By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary, Immigration and Migration What made America great was migration, and without it, we may never achieve greatness again.
New stamp honors William F. Buckley Jr., lifelong Catholic and conservative thinker March 13, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a stamp honoring the late William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008), a lifelong devout Catholic who was an intellectual, provocative commentator well-known for his sharp wit. Buckley is considered a founder of modern conservatism.
French bishops publish major study to boost interest in faith, help save churches March 12, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News After publishing the results of the General Estates on Religious Heritage project, French bishops navigate the restoration of historic churches not only to help preserve crumbling architectural pearls but also draw people closer to faith.
Pope’s chest X-ray confirms his improvement, doctors say March 12, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ condition continues to be stable and a chest X-ray “confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days,” his doctors said, but without saying his double pneumonia had cleared up completely.
St. John Paul II hailed as model for Catholics to fight rising scourge of antisemitism March 12, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News St. John Paul II’s example as a strong bridge-builder between Catholicism and Judaism should be used against enduring antisemitism, especially in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to a theologian who wrote a two-volume biography of one of the longest serving popes.
