BOOST program helps provide educational opportunities for Marylanders April 29, 2024By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News, Schools The BOOST (Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today) scholarship program provides funds to help students from limited-income families attend Catholic and other nonpublic schools.
A Catholic convert can help us love Mary more April 29, 2024By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary In Raïssa’s reflections, Mary is often a consoling presence during times of hardship, serving as a beacon of hope and resilience.
Let’s cut graduates a break April 29, 2024By Sarah Robsdottir OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools Even a highly accomplished graduate with great potential often feels unintended pressure by receiving such a high volume of questions about his future.
Argentina’s slum priests hope for papal Mass at pope’s favorite soccer stadium April 28, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News An Argentine priest who works with the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people is hopeful that Pope Francis will visit the community during a proposed trip to the pontiff’s homeland later this year.
Silent retreat is healing and can be encounter with God’s love, say retreatants April 28, 2024By Anna Wilgenbusch OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Those who attend silent retreats say that silence and solitude is an essential, although often uncomfortable, prerequisite to an encounter with God.
Spring is a little bit extra April 27, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The other morning, I woke up and said to my husband, “Won’t it be great for us to have dinner tonight, all four of us together?” Then I looked at my calendar and realized we had a concert that evening.
Sister best known for ministry to migrant shares her artwork that tells their stories April 27, 2024By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A religious sister best known for helping more than 100,000 migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Texas was in Chicago April 15 to share her artwork nationally for the first time and reiterate a message of love.
Catholic chat bot: Putting AI at the service of the church April 27, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking at a conference April 18, Father Baggot said that while Catholics must have “an awareness of human sin and the capacity to misuse technology” when thinking about artificial intelligence, they must also have “confidence in grace, in redemption and the ability to harness these technologies well.”
Catholic Charities breaks ground on Intergenerational Center April 26, 2024By Nicole Olea Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The West Baltimore community celebrated a historic milestone April 25 as Archbishop William E Lori led a groundbreaking ceremony for Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s new Intergenerational Center.
Italian leader says pope will join G7 discussion on AI April 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Pope Francis would participate in a G7 “outreach” discussion on artificial intelligence when the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized nations countries meet in southern Italy in mid-June.
Catholic evangelists ask NFL fans visiting Detroit to make Jesus their No. 1 draft pick April 26, 2024By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Catholic evangelists are handing out rosaries, asking fans if they need prayers, and inviting them to tour Detroit’s historic churches as hundreds of thousands of people congregate in downtown Detroit for the 2024 NFL draft, which began April 25 in Cadillac Square.
Impassioned voices heard at Seek the City listening session April 26, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come A steady stream of people was still flowing into Archbishop Curley High School more than 20 minutes after an April 25 listening session on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Seek the City to Come parish reconfiguration proposal officially started.
