Several Catholics who have fled the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have been praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Champion, who once saved a rural Wisconsin shrine from a devastating inferno.
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When temperatures plunge, charities worry most about risks to homeless
When outdoor conditions turn brutal, the difference between life and death can be the work of Catholic agencies and organizations serving an estimated 653,104 homeless Americans — a number that marked a record high in 2023, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported.
St. Agnes School, Catonsville, to close at end of academic year
Leaders of St. Agnes Catholic School in Catonsville announced Jan. 13 that the parish elementary school will close at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Pope appoints three U.S. experts, two of them women, as dicastery members
Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts — two women and an abbot — to be members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, a position once reserved for cardinals and bishops.
Radio Interview: American politics and two-party dominance
As the United States prepares to swear in a new president, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty takes a look at the state of politics and elections.
Best gift a child can receive is faith, pope says at baptisms
When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.
Cardinal Dolan will lead prayer at Trump’s second inauguration Jan. 20
After congressional lawmakers formally certified Jan. 6 President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, Trump is scheduled to return to the White House Jan. 20, four years after he left the Oval Office in the wake of a failed reelection bid.
Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity
The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor
President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said Jan. 11.
Thomas Little, former pastoral associate for Eastern Vicariate, dies at 76
Thomas Edward Little of Catonsville, a former pastoral associate for the Eastern Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and pastoral associate for evangelization and adult faith formation at Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, was an energetic educator, an astute organizer and well-known for his love of singing, Notre Dame football and tropical shirts.
Jesuit Father Robert Braunreuther, who ministered to homeless in Baltimore, dies at 90
Jesuit Father Robert Braunreuther, who ministered to the homeless in Baltimore, died Jan. 6. The former Loyola University Maryland campus minister was 90.
Jesuit Father Eugene A. Nolan, former Loyola Blakefield headmaster, dies at 84
Jesuit Father Eugene A. Nolan, who served as headmaster at Loyola Blakefield in Towson and associate chaplain at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, died Jan. 6 at the Scranton Jesuit Community. He was 84.