LA archbishop, joined by business leaders, starts fund to help families affected by ICE raids July 25, 2025By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A lineup of Los Angeles business leaders joined Archbishop José H. Gomez July 23 to unveil a new fund aimed at helping families affected by recent immigration raids.
FBI surveilled SSPX priest amid probe of suspected neo-Nazi’s plans for violence July 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee July 22 released an interim staff report alleging the FBI surveilled a Catholic priest after he declined to speak about conversations he had with a suspected neo-Nazi defendant, a self-described “radical traditional Catholic clerical fascist” the FBI was investigating for making violent threats online.
Parishes need to launch ‘revolution of care’ for the elderly, pope says July 24, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a “revolution” of care and gratitude by regularly visiting older people.
Archdiocese of Baltimore offers resources for parishes to assist migrants July 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore has created a web page to guide its parishes in the event that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or other law enforcement officials arrive on their campuses.
Third annual gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 9 July 24, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold its third annual gun buyback event Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westside Shopping Center, 2413 Frederick Ave.
Ireland’s abortion rates rise 62 percent over 5 years; Catholic advocates call it ‘a tragedy’ July 24, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Abortions in Ireland spiked in the space of just five years, government figures have revealed.
Driver arrested after crashing into entrance of Esperanza Center July 23, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News A Fells Point man is still in jail following a car crash that damaged the entrance of the Esperanza Center in the early hours of July 20.
Judge blocks defunding of some, but not all, Planned Parenthood groups July 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge on July 21 extended an order blocking enforcement of a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.
Construction underway on new north addition to St. Joseph’s Nursing Home July 22, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Seniors The Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate officially began the final phase of their 21-year-old renovation plan for St. Joseph’s Nursing Home in Catonsville June 14 when the walls of the facility’s oldest wing came tumbling down.
Prince of Peace merges with St. Francis de Sales in Harford County July 22, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Faced with a growing financial crisis and a steady decline in parishioners, Prince of Peace Parish in Edgewood officially merged with nearby St. Francis de Sales Parish in Abingdon July 1. As a result, Prince of Peace is no longer serving as a regular worship site.
Radio Interview: Youth ministry changing with the times July 21, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Youth Ministry Youth ministry has been undergoing some critical shifts over the last several years within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. George Matysek talks with Stacy Golden and Rena Black from the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization about what those shifts have been and why they are necessary.
Pope condemns Israel’s attack against church, calls for end to ‘barbarity’ July 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The “barbarity of war” and forced displacement of people have to end, and civilians and places of worship have to be protected, Pope Leo XIV implored.
