Father Thomas McDonnell, S.J., former Loyola Blakefield teacher, dies at 88 October 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Jesuit Father Thomas P. McDonnell was offered Oct. 13 at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit of the Campion Center in Weston, Mass. Father McDonnell died Oct. 2. He was 88 and a priest for 57 years.
ICE enforcement impacts immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in U.S. October 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in the U.S. are among those impacted by immigration enforcement policy, advocates and analysts told OSV News.
Faith journeys enrich religious communities October 16, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations For four with ties to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, discernment unfolded differently, yet with the same joy – leading them to serve God in religious communities around the country.
New saints highlight power of faith amid spiritual, personal challenges October 16, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News When Pope Leo XIV raises three women and four men to the altar Oct. 19, he will canonize a diverse group of religious and lay men and women, all bound by the virtue of holding on to their faith amid personal, spiritual, and external challenges.
From Poland with love: Pope Leo reins in a royal Arabian gift October 15, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News At his Wednesday morning general audience, Pope Leo’s face lit up with an unusually bright smile receiving a unique donation: Proton, a purebred Arabian horse from a prestigious Polish stable.
Father Szymkowiak, former Redemptorist pastor in Baltimore, dies at 88 October 15, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Gerard John Szymkowiak, a former pastor of St. Michael in Fells Point and Sacred Heart of Jesus-Corazón de Jesus in Highlandtown who was known for his attention to liturgy and his hardworking spirit, died Oct. 3. He was 88.
All Saints Day Behavioral Health Retreat connects parents in West Baltimore October 15, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News In its quests to meet the needs of parents in West Baltimore, New All Saints Parish will host its All Saints Day Behavioral Health Retreat Nov. 1.
New study shows priests largely satisfied, but trust in bishops still low, and burnout looms October 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News A new study on U.S. priests shows that many report satisfaction with their ministry, but trust in bishops and major superiors is still low, although improving.
Fear at Chicago church puts in focus US bishops’ effort to protect migrants’ right to worship October 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid growing concern about the impact of the Trump administration’s rollback of a policy that prohibited immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, the U.S. Catholic bishops have offered their support to a lawsuit challenging the policy change.
Agreement reached on property transactions in bankruptcy case October 14, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Feature, Local News, News A federal bankruptcy judge has approved two property transactions by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, applauding the church and a committee representing abuse survivors for resolving their disputes through negotiation as part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings Oct. 14 in Baltimore.
St. John parishioner Joe Swiss remembered for helping others find the Lord October 14, 2025By Katie V. Jones Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Joseph “Joe” Swiss Jr., a leading figure in evangelization in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who was known for his embrace of new technologies in spreading the Gospel and his passion for welcoming adults to the Catholic faith, died Sept. 18. He was 77.
10 U.S. bishops stand for election in Baltimore as the conference’s next president, vice president October 14, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News When the U.S. bishops gather for their fall plenary assembly Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore, they will elect the next president and vice president for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
