Understanding Pope Francis, women and holy orders May 24, 2024By Deacon Dominic Cerrato OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments While the universal Synod may continue to discuss the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate, Pope Francis’ clear and emphatic statement to Norah O’Donnell renders that discussion moot.
U.S. bishops sue EEOC over regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections May 24, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference, alongside other Catholic groups, filed suit May 22 against a federal agency for including abortion in regulations implementing a law meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Students bid fond farewell to Hagerstown school May 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced in September that St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown would be closing. An independent committee organized by school supporters investigated keeping the school open as an independent Catholic school, but it concluded in November that it was not feasible, and the decision was made to close.
When the impossible turns out to be possible (or how I earned a grad degree) May 24, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How wonderful it is to realize that what seems impossible might actually be possible—whether through divine intervention or by picking up the pieces every day and taking another step on the journey of life.
Movie Review: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ May 24, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Taking a step back within its own chronology, the series now continues with an origin story for one of the main characters in the last outing, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.).
Meet the new priests to be ordained in 2024 May 23, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: New Priests 2024 Profiles of the new priests will be added to the Catholic Review site daily on this page from June 16 to June 22.
Pope signs decrees advancing several sainthood causes May 23, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News In addition to clearing the way for the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, Pope Francis signed decrees in seven other sainthood causes, including that of Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries, who also is now ready to be declared a saint.
Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy will retire in 2025 May 23, 2024By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Catholic Charities of Maryland Executive Director, William J. “Bill” McCarthy Jr. announced May 23 he will retire in July 2025. By that time, he will have led the State of Maryland’s largest private provider of human services for 16 years.
Former Annapolis and Baltimore pastor Father Thomas Siconolfi dies at 80 May 23, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Thomas Joseph Siconolfi, who died May 12 at age 80, was a former pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Annapolis, one of the largest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where he served from 1993 to 1999.
Pope recognizes miracle needed for church’s first ‘millennial’ saint May 23, 2024By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first “millennial” to become a saint.
Seek the City final plan draws mix of emotions from Baltimore Catholics May 23, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Baltimore-area Catholics reacted with a mix of disappointment, relief and resignation after the archdiocese announced the final plan for the Seek the City to Come initiative May 22.
Texas school’s unexpected candlelit Mass is stark contrast to Gulf Coast’s deadly storms May 23, 2024By James Ramos OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Just minutes before St. Cecilia Catholic School’s eighth-grade graduation Mass and ceremony began, the power to the west Houston parochial school cut out, plunging the large sanctuary into disturbing darkness.
