27 spellers go through 200 words at archdiocese spelling bee May 17, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Meqdim Abera, a fifth-grader from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City, won the Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic School Spelling Bee for the second year in a row, correctly spelling the word “paraffin.”
Vatican publishes new norms to discern alleged supernatural phenomena May 17, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican has published new norms for the church to discern alleged supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions and mystical visions, which streamline the discernment process for bishops, allow the Vatican to avoid making definitive judgments on the authenticity of the events and reaffirm that Catholics are not obliged to believe in the purported phenomena.
Federal judge sentences 6 more pro-life activists to federal prison terms May 17, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Most of the pro-life activists sentenced to federal prison terms in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia May 14 and 15 along with Lauren Handy are Catholics with years in the “rescue movement” and other arrests.
Pilgrim priest: National Eucharistic Pilgrimage helps reveal the church’s ‘deepest core’ May 17, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Father Roger Landry may be the reason 24 young people and several priests are walking thousands of miles across the United States this summer with the Eucharist.
Planning to join up with the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage? Here’s what you need to know May 17, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News There are hundreds of opportunities for Catholics to join the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage for Mass, adoration, processions and other events. However, casually meeting up with perpetual pilgrims along the four routes may be trickier, and is even prohibited along certain sections of the journey, according to pilgrimage leaders.
Pew study shows support for legal abortion growing 2 years after Dobbs May 17, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making abortion a constitutional right, a majority of Americans said they support legal abortion in all or most cases, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s wellness retreat shines a light on mental health May 16, 2024By Katie V. Jones Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News In addressing more than 200 people at the St. Dymphna Mental Wellness Retreat at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg May 15, Deacon Ed Shoener pointed out that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton faced her own challenges dealing with the inevitable stresses of life.
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including eight retirements May 16, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including eight retirements
Cardinal Parolin says Vatican will attend Ukraine peace summit May 16, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin told reporters May 15 that the Vatican would be present in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, June 15-16 for an international summit organized to work toward peace in Ukraine.
‘I desired to be with them,’ says Cardinal Pizzaballa as he visits Catholic parish in Gaza May 16, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News In a previously unpublicized visit, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered the Gaza Strip May 16, reaching Holy Family Parish for his first pastoral visit since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.
Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicks off May 18-19 with Masses, processions at iconic sites, including Baltimore and Emmitsburg May 16, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The routes’ 24 “perpetual pilgrims,” along with their priest chaplains and seven seminarians will accompany the Eucharist, exposed in a monstrance, as they travel — often on foot — across the United States.
Bishops respond with shock, prayer after Slovak prime minister shot multiple times May 16, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic bishops have expressed shock and promised prayers as Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico fights for his life after being shot multiple times May 15.
