Poll shows a majority of Americans say abortion drug should stay on market May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle.
Preakness memories: Deputed Testamony boosted Catholic family’s racing business, teen jockey’s career May 10, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Forty years ago, longshot Deputed Testamony helped put the Boniface family and their Darlington farm on the thoroughbred racing and breeding map.
Seton Shrine will host adventurous presentation May 11-12 May 9, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will host an interactive history experience May 11-12 at its campus in Emmitsburg.
Bishops critical of House Republicans’ plan on border security as Title 42 ends May 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As Title 42 draws to its scheduled close, House Republicans are planning to vote on border security legislation criticized by the U.S. bishops.
Just a spark May 9, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Evangelization, Feature More than 500 people joined the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil at their local parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, a culmination of months of preparation for the sacraments of initiation, confirmation and reception into full communion with the church.
A time for reckoning: Archdiocese of Baltimore forms commission to investigate church connection to slavery May 9, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore is continuing to undergo its own self-assessment of the issue, and has formed a 17-member commission to research its ties to slavery going back hundreds of years.
Bishop Flores: Brownsville vehicle crash indicative of ‘corrosive tendency’ to devalue vulnerable human life May 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
Catholic leaders welcome ‘focus on service’ at king’s coronation May 8, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Catholic leaders in Britain welcomed the ecumenical and interfaith elements in the May 6 coronation of King Charles III and his consort, Queen Camilla, as well as a pledge by the new monarch “not to be served but to serve.”
Vigil walkers demand justice for slain Fabián Sánchez–González May 8, 2023By Priscila González de Doran Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Led by the mother, father and other family members of a 23-year-old Catholic who was shot and killed while working at a T-Mobile in Canton, nearly 80 people walked through the streets of East Baltimore May 7 in a peaceful call for change.
Jesus shows what path to take, especially in times of trouble, pope says May 8, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians have no need to be afraid or hopeless because Jesus always tells the faithful where they are going and how to get there, Pope Francis said.
Deacon Frederick Schoennagel, ‘Deacon Pop,’ dies at 88 May 8, 2023By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Frederick Schoennagel Jr., a longtime deacon who served at St.Thomas More, Baltimore; Church of the Annunciation, Rosedale, and, most recently, St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, died May 2.
RADIO INTERVIEW: V8s for Vocations May 8, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Father Matthew Keller, the car buff who founded V8s for Vocations, about the impetus for the program and this year’s raffle prize car, a 1957 Chevy.