Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News
The famed Sacré-Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a “stone host placed on the open wound of the city,” celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News
In a quiet but powerful move, Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Father Marko Rupnik — the once-renowned mosaicist now accused of abusing over two dozen women — from its website. His mosaics, long used to mark major feast days online, were recently replaced or left blank — a shift many survivors say is long overdue.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vocations, World News
A video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing and dancing hip-hop, a scene taken from a local TV show and defined by celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg as “a real life ‘Sister Act,'” went viral on May 28, with millions of views all over the world.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News
Workers spent about two weeks planting and rearranging evergreens, flowers and plants to complete a gigantic botanical reproduction of Pope Leo’s shield on the sloped lawn in front of the Vatican’s governing office.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News
As details of Pope Leo’s past life come to light one thing, many are struck by his Chicago roots and his Chicago-ness.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News
The Archdiocese of Mobile announced April 25 that engineers have deemed the west end of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception as unsafe due to extensive termite damage.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Arts & Culture, News, World News
As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what’s believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus — the seamless robe described in the Gospels.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary
What the “Stabat Mater” conveys, the sorrows of Mary witnessing the crucifixion of her son, is worth pondering.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News
In a a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Easter, Feature, Local News, News
The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County.
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OSV News
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Catholic groups have criticized Spain’s bishops for consenting to government redevelopment of a key national memorial complex near Madrid, amid fears of a continuing church decline across the traditionally Catholic country.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News
Opened in May 2024, the Sacred Service exhibit commemorates and educates visitors on the critical service that chaplains played during the First World War.
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