Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Even though the world is facing a pandemic that may limit many people’s ability to celebrate the sacraments, particularly those people who are in isolation, quarantining or hospitalized with COVID-19, confession by phone is still most likely invalid, said Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News
To celebrate the redesign of its newest branch location in Towson, Rosedale Federal Savings & Loan Association has made a charitable gift of $100,000 in support of University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview
Christopher Gunty talks with author and blogger Deacon Greg Kandra about his new book, “The Busy Person’s Guide to an Extraordinary Life.” Gunty also talks with Edward Herrera, director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore Office of Marriage and Family Life, about family Advent activities.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, World News
Barring any obstacles caused by the global pandemic, Pope Francis is set to begin international travel again in 2021 by visiting Iraq in March, which would make him the first pope to visit this nation.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, It's about love, Local News, News
Ana Martinez and Fredy Duran met and fell in love while serving in youth and young adult ministry at Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Cockeysville.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized
Yes, it’s true that the coronavirus pandemic will upend many of our most cherished Christmas activities, but this trying time is a good one in which to rediscover some often-overlooked Christmas traditions that are perfect for our socially distant age.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News
While Catholics who feel comfortable going to church are encouraged to attend Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dec. 8 — normally a holy day of obligation — there is no obligation to do so this year while the Archdiocese of Baltimore has a dispensation in place from attending Mass because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The U.S. government’s foreign aid agency awarded thousands of dollars in assistance to two Rome-based Catholic organizations assisting the poor in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News
Childhood memories for Felipe de Jesus Abrego include celebrating each Dec. 2 with his grandmother at the tomb of two U.S. women religious buried in the local cemetery.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News
When COVID-19 restrictions meant three newly-arrived religious women couldn’t count on the usual ways of meeting their new Dundalk-area parishioners, they improvised.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News
Heroic trust in the Holy Spirit and a firm resolve to move forward “on mission” are at the heart of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s transition to “families of parishes,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said Nov. 22 in a new pastoral note.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
A move by the Department of Justice to expand how it carries out federal death sentences — to include electrocution, gas or firing squads along with lethal injections –was sharply criticized by Catholic anti-death penalty activists.
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