Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
On All Souls and All Saints, we honor not just the dead whom we love and extol as examples; we proclaim our belief that this is not the end — that from the hallowed ground of our beloved dead comes the promise of the risen Lord, the empty tomb.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary
The Rupnik affair poses a real test to not only the synod’s members, but the whole church, which has 11 months before the synod assembly reconvenes, to reflect on the synod’s synthesis report released Oct. 28 and discern what “co-responsible” decision-making should look like for governance of a “missionary synodal church.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary
Whatever path leads to the church of tomorrow, it depends on the laity getting involved in its revitalization.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
most dioceses in United States have protocols which require an individual to have medical and psychiatric evaluations, to rule out potential natural causes, before they can receive a major exorcism.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary
Even though we never knew him personally though, Georgie is so important to me—and to our family.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
With everything I have going on this fall, I wasn’t looking for anything else to do. Sometimes I have an idea, though, and I just can’t shake it. That’s how I felt when I first thought about volunteering to teach faith formation at our parish. I haven’t taught Sunday School since the year the pandemic […]
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Full-Court Catholic, Sports
Often in media coverage, the subject of faith is glossed over or ignored, but in the case of the resurgent 2023 Orioles, it appeared clear to me as a reporter that togetherness in faith among players furthered their bond as teammates.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary
St. Mary’s Cathedral will remain a longshot on my itinerary, while a temple wholly outside my faith looks too gorgeously interesting to go unexplored.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Even though St. Peter was the first pope, his status as the “first among equals” among the apostles doesn’t automatically mean that writing was his personal strong suit.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
The whole weekend I had felt surrounded by God’s presence and love. But as the music washed over me, and I joined my voice to the others in that sacred space, I felt loved, comforted, and so at peace.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, U.S. Congress
Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
We find a clear scriptural reference on the praiseworthyness of praying for the dead in the Old Testament’s second book of Maccabees.
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