Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News
An English bishop said Catholics must work harder to evangelize the U.K. after the latest official census showed that Christians were a minority for the first time since records began.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, died in Rome Nov. 27 at the age of 63.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News
The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee’s reiterated the U.S. bishops’ ” firm opposition” to the “misnamed” the Respect for Marriage Act.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Wit & Wisdom
The season upon us now, Advent, is a time to prepare our minds and hearts to celebrate the coming of God into our world.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News
In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the need to involve more women in church administration but ruled out women priests and emphasized the importance of the ministry of individual bishops over the role of a bishops’ conference.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News
Parishioners may see some unfamiliar faces in church during Advent and Christmas. Instead of thinking begrudgingly that they may be sitting in “your” pew, it might be better to welcome them with open arms.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
Father Ivan Levitsky, a hieromonk and rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, and Father Bohdan Geleta, who works at the church, were detained by Russian troops Nov. 16, and the church was illegally searched the following day.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
After learning that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and a relative of his secretly recorded a phone call with Pope Francis, the Vatican’s chief prosecutor said his office is considering a new charge — one of criminal conspiracy — against the cardinal, who has been on trial since July 2021 for financial malfeasance.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview
Father Mark Bialek, pastor at St. John in Westminster, joins Catholic Review Radio to talk about what Advent is all about and how we can make the best of this season of spiritual preparation.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Violence against women is “a social scourge that is also linked to cultural attitudes, ingrained mentalities and prejudices,” so education, prevention and swifter justice are needed to end it, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Being so distracted that one does not notice God’s presence in daily life is a warning sign that one is not being vigilant enough, Pope Francis cautioned.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Nine months after Russia launched its war on Ukraine, Pope Francis wrote to the Ukrainian people expressing his admiration for their courage and commitment to their country in the face of so much death and destruction.
