In Rome, the real national sport isn’t soccer. It’s betting on the next pope April 29, 2025By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News The Vatican may keep the Sistine Chapel under tight security, but out in the streets, piazzas, and even trattorias, the speculation runs wild and everyone is certain they know who’s in pole position.
‘Waking up to God’: Desire for community, renewed faith interest may explain U.S. boost in numbers of new Catholics April 17, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Evangelization, Feature, News, World News At the April 19 Easter Vigil at parishes across America, the church will welcome many new Catholics.
Finding answers in faith: Surge of young adults entering Catholic Church April 2, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Shawn Pourifarsi joined UMBC’s Catholic Retrievers as a freshman and began Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) sessions his sophomore year. Now, he and eight others are preparing to enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.
God really loves me April 2, 2025By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Evangelization This year’s Rite of Election in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was beautiful. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen was filled to overflowing. Nearly 800 catechumens and candidates for reception into the church were joined by their godparents, sponsors, families and friends.
St. John Paul II’s worldview spreads to new generations via camping, YouTube, travel March 30, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Saints, World News Camp Wojtyla is one of numerous Catholic organizations in the U.S. inspired by St. John Paul and his deep faith, intellect and cultural perception, and dedicated to his model of evangelization.
10 reasons to come back to the Catholic Church March 29, 2025By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization Most people discover that coming back to the church is not an event as much as it is a process that involves a little pain, a little laughter, some thinking, some prayer, some discernment and a lot of letting go.
Non-Catholic goes from pew to participant at St. Stephen in Bradshaw March 17, 2025By Emily Rosenthal Alster Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News It’s not everyday that a non-Catholic serves on a Catholic parish’s evangelization committee, but that’s exactly what happened before Nicole Kalinosky joined the Catholic faith. It was a journey of love and support, she said – a journey that helped her deepen her Christian beliefs.
Radio Interview: Ask a bishop with Bishop Adam J. Parker March 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker returns for another round of questions from our listeners in our second-ever “Ask a Bishop” episode of Catholic Review Radio.
Hundreds prepare to be received into the Catholic Church March 10, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments The archdiocese reported that 320 catechumens – those like Jay St. John who have not been baptized – and 458 candidates – those who are baptized but have not received one or more of the sacraments of initiation – participated in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland on March 9.
Archbishop Lori fosters ‘missionary creativity’ in new pastoral letter March 6, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Archbishop William E. Lori took the occasion of Ash Wednesday, March 5, to release an update to his original 2015 pastoral letter, “A Light Brightly Visible,” to focus on the pastoral implications of implementing the archdiocese’s Seek the City to Come planning that was announced a year ago.
Church leaders discuss evangelization through culture at Vatican meeting February 23, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News Evangelizing through culture is a challenge for the church, especially in societies where faith is seen as “something alien,” participants said at a Vatican-sponsored discussion on faith and culture.
U.S.-based evangelization project prepares people to become Jesus’ 73rd disciple February 22, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News For every disciple to truly become “the salt of the earth and the light of the world” — that is the goal of “I Am the 73rd,” an evangelization initiative of El Sembrador-Nueva Evangelización, a Catholic network also known as ESNE.
