Priest’s St. Monica Project helps accompany parents whose children leave the faith August 27, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The devotion created by Father Buhman, pastor of All Saints in Holdrege and St. John in Smithfield, Neb., centers around an image of St. Monica by a local artist, a prayer asking for the intercession of St. Monica by Father Buhman, and Masses offered for loved ones who have left the Catholic Church.
Archdiocese of Baltimore schools celebrate first day of school August 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Cheers and applause filled the parking lot of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School on the first day of school as students were dropped off and greeted by staff and the school’s mascots, cougars Max and Cocoa, Aug. 25.
Catholic leaders demand end to ‘barbarism in plain sight’ in Gaza August 26, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Catholic leaders from multiple organizations are calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to attacks on Gaza, amid ongoing civilian casualties, famine and threats of forced population transfers.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic schools convocation celebrates teachers August 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools School Sister of Notre Dame Patricia McCarron spent her first official day as superintendent of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic schools celebrating with the teachers she oversees.
Three philanthropists remembered for support of Archdiocese of Baltimore causes August 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Obituaries Three archdiocesan philanthropists, two of whom raised millions for the Partners in Excellence scholarship program and received awards for their charitable works, have died within days of each other.
Eucharist and charity: The traits that unite Pope Leo’s first saints August 26, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization Mass Sept. 7, declaring the sainthood of two young Italians whose devotion to the Eucharist nourished a deep involvement in the cultures of their day.
ICE detentions in immigration courts prompt alarm from Catholic advocates August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Trump administration seeks to implement its hardline immigration policies, it has increased enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in immigration courts, prompting alarm from Catholic immigration advocates.
Jesuit Father James Salmon, noted Loyola professor, dies at 100 August 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father James F. Salmon, who served three stints as a science and theology professor at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died Aug. 17. Father Salmon, who also served as headmaster at Loyola Blakefield from 1973 to 1976, had turned 100 in July after serving 75 years as a priest.
Radio Interview: An Orphan Finds a Masterpiece – ‘Boy of Heaven’ August 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with author Morris Hoffman, a former judge who has seen his share of good and evil in the courtroom, about how the characters in “Boy of Heaven” reflect the choices we all have to make about which side we are on.
Authentic faith is seen in love of God and neighbor, pope says August 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Jesus described the path to salvation as a “narrow gate,” he was not placing limits on God’s mercy but was challenging people who were convinced they had done enough to be saved, Pope Leo XIV said.
Catholic legislators must help build ‘city of God,’ pope says August 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic legislators are called to enact laws that reflect love of God and love of neighbor, Pope Leo XIV told an international group of lawmakers.
St John the Evangelist in Severna Park celebrates its newly renovated church August 25, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News After almost a year of renovations, St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park celebrated its new worship space with more than 800 people attending a solemn Mass of dedication presided by Archbishop William E. Lori.
