Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The most important question a Christian can ask when making any decision in life is “where the greatest love is to be found,” Pope Francis wrote in a letter marking the 400th anniversary of St. Francis de Sales, a doctor of the church.
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Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was “very sick,” Pope Francis asked people to offer special prayers for him.
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Catholic News Service
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While 2022 finally saw the publication of Pope Francis’ constitution reforming the Roman Curia, the biggest news and the biggest changes in his ministry came from Russia’s war on Ukraine and from the pope’s own problems walking.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News
In the midst of the multiday blizzard that paralyzed parts of western New York, Father Seil, chaplain for the Buffalo Fire Department, had to evacuate the rectory at his parish in the city’s Old First Ward neighborhood on Christmas Eve, then spent the night aboard the department’s fire boat and celebrated a short Mass Christmas morning for crewman Jack Kelleher.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
On Christmas Eve morning, we woke up to find that our furnace had stopped working.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News
Parishes throughout the archdiocese faced some unusual challenges with temperatures in the teens and wind-chill temperatures in the single digits during Christmas weekend.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview
As 2022 comes to a close, Catholic Review Editor talks with Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori about a variety of topics, including the archbishop’s visit to Ukraine, the church’s project to look at the ministry and footprint of the church in Baltimore City and much more.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
Intermittent electricity and air raid sirens cannot and should not stop Ukrainians from celebrating the birth of Jesus, said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The day after Christmas the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, which emphasizes how the story of Jesus’ birth is not a “fairy tale,” but a call to live as witnesses of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News
Nearly 1,000 archdiocesan employees, clergy, parishioners and community members (some unaffiliated with the church) have gone through Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training offered as part of the Mental Wellness Initiative launched by Archbishop William E. Lori about a year ago.
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Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News
Twenty years later, at their assembly in Baltimore Nov. 14-17, the bishops acknowledged the charter’s anniversary and said that they have made steps in addressing clergy sexual abuse and would continue to listen, care for and walk with survivors.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
We can see the passing years and decades as simply growing older. Or we can see the passing years and decades as growing toward eternity.
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