Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News
It’s not what was intended a year ago, but the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the death of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Jan. 4 could well be bigger than might have been possible before the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed in-person events and made people comfortable with online gatherings.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News
In a normal Christmas, the charity drive helps about 60 families. With COVID-19 increasing the number of households in need, this year it helped nearly 80, and directed a query from Rockville to local resources in Montgomery County.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview
On the Dec. 20 episode of Catholic Review Radio, Christopher Gunty interviews Father John Catoir, the longtime host of the TV show, “Christopher Closeup.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican’s doctrinal office said that when alternative vaccines are not available, it is morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines developed or tested using cell lines originating from aborted fetuses.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News
Prayers, blessings and reflections from Baltimore-area religious and civic leaders, filmed in their own houses of worship and offices, have been gathered, for one last look at 2020 before stepping into 2021.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News
A study published last year in the journal, Nature Sustainability, predicted frankincense resin production will be halved in the next 20 years.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Reaching out to and helping the poor “is to imitate God; it is to make oneself small out of love in order to raise up the other,” the preacher of the papal household told Pope Francis, officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Christmas, Commentary, Feature
Paul McMullen shares some of the Catholic Review’s all-time favorite Christmas movies.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Schools
The Smolka family explores how favorite Christmas carols stack up.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
A new report Dec. 16 by the Death Penalty Information Center said the use of capital punishment reached a historic low this year in the United States even with the return of federal executions by the Trump administration.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Netflix has announced that in 2021 it will release a documentary series based on “Sharing the Wisdom of Time,” a book in which Pope Francis called for creating “an alliance between the young and old people” by sharing their stories.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News
Working in the Emergency Department at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Smialkowski was among the first people in the country this week to receive the new vaccine for COVID-19.
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