Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2023
The parish was founded in 1848 to serve a largely Irish congregation, many of whom had fled “The Great Hunger” in their homeland.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations
Father John “Jack” Ward, a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for nearly four decades known for his sense of humor and concern for parishioners, will retire on Sept. 30. Currently pastor of Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, Father Ward has enjoyed a long ministry that includes serving in the Archdiocese of Baltimore […]
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Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry
As the U.S. Catholic bishops heard at their spring assembly’s June 16 plenary session in Orlando, with support, open hearts and ears, and encouragement, World Youth Day 2023 can be not just a singular event, but become a movement to uplift the church for years and generations to come.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
To minister to those whose lives have been forever changed by displacement, faith organizations need to collaborate, make connections and advocate for lasting solutions, said a panel of experts at a multifaith event for World Refugee Day.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
The first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is an “opportunity to continue to strengthen the culture of life,” Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, chair of the House Republican Conference, said 20 at an event hosted by a pro-life group in the nation’s capital to mark the occasion.
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Catholics in Honduras prayed for the victims of a horrific massacre in a women’s prison — an attack underscoring the power of the country’s criminal gangs and their control over correctional facilities.
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A judge blocked Wyoming’s ban on abortion pills days before it was set to take effect July 1.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News
The Holy See released the “Instrumentum Laboris” June 20 to guide preparation for the upcoming “2021-2024 Synod: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission,” also known as the Synod on Synodality.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News
“Tense” global conditions — including the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and increases in the cost of living — lead to religious freedom violations in countries around the world, according to a new report by Aid to the Church in Need, a pontifical foundation of the Catholic Church.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2023
At Sacred Heart in Glyndon, the run-up to its 150th anniversary was a kind of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” situation.
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A Catholic sidewalk counselor plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling upholding a New York county law prohibiting pro-life protesters from approaching people outside abortion clinics, the law firm representing her said June 22.
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“Bring them safely home.” That is the prayer that generations of sailors’ families and friends have offered from the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage in South Boston.
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