Schools Superintendent Hargens honored for emphasizing academics, faith May 16, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools With Dr. Donna Hargen’s strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it seemed appropriate for a farewell Mass and dinner for the retiring schools superintendent to be held May 13, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
New interim Hispanic, Urban delegates ready to serve Archdiocese of Baltimore May 15, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News With the appointment of Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R. to the Diocese of Providence, R.I., Archbishop William E. Lori announced May 8 two interim appointments to continue the work Bishop Lewandowski had done while in Baltimore.
Father Patrick Carrion offers blessing before Preakness May 15, 2025By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Father Patrick M. Carrion offered the invocation May 15 at the “Alibi Breakfast” ahead of the May 17 running of the Preakness Stakes, following in the nearly century-long tradition set by his brother priests before him in Baltimore at Pimlico Race Course.
Peruvian priest in Baltimore crossed paths with Pope Leo May 15, 2025By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vatican Father Dal Bianco grew up in Llamellin and was ordained three years ago for the Diocese of Huarí. Now associate pastor of Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, he recalls brief encounters with then-Bishop Robert Prevost, the missionary from Chicago who led the Diocese of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, before becoming head of the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome.
Vance, Rubio to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass May 15, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May 18, the vice president’s office said.
William McCarthy lauded with evening of accolades as he prepares to retire as Catholic Charities director May 15, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News Mary Anne O’Donnell was one of many providing an evening of accolades for William J. McCarthy Jr., who has worked seamlessly with the agency’s 2,000 employees, 8,000 volunteers and more than 10,000 donors. Established in 1923, Catholic Charities is the state’s largest private provider of human services with more than 80 programs in 200 locations.
Tennessee diocese clarifies Mass obligations as immigration crackdown empties pews May 15, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tenn., that has emptied the pews at several Spanish-speaking parishes, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass if they fear for their well-being according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.
Catholic school academic honorees return to lead alma maters at Bishop Walsh, Archbishop Curley May 15, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools For two Archdiocese of Baltimore Distinctive Scholars, their alma maters were more than just a chapter in their past – they became the foundation of their future.
Analysis: Quietly, without flashiness, a disarming Pope Leo strives toward unity May 14, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News One thing seemed clear from the moment Pope Leo stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica: He was not another Pope Francis — or another Pope Benedict XVI or St. John Paul II. He intended to do things his own way.
Angelicum rector: Pope’s election ‘greatest mercy God has ever shown on Catholic Church in America’ May 13, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News While no one from then-Father Prevost’s time at the Angelicum is still teaching there, Father White is proud that Leo XIV is the second contemporary pope to be an Angelicum graduate in recent decades.
Planned Parenthood annual report shows abortions, public funding up after Dobbs May 13, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year’s report, while also showing a $100 million increase in government funding amid an overall decrease in cancer screenings and prevention services.
Who is St. Augustine, the father of Pope Leo XIV’s order? May 13, 2025By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” St. Augustine’s famous words addressed to God introduce his account of how a headstrong, self-indulgent young man became one of the most important Christian thinkers of all time and a saint — and the father of the Augustinian order, to which Pope Leo XIV belongs.
