Warm welcome, hot tickets: Sisters help U.S. visitors see the pope February 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News After requesting tickets online before beginning their journeys, the visitors pick up their tickets at the office in Rome and receive clear information on when to get to the Vatican for the audience and what to bring or not bring — metal water bottles and rolling suitcases topping the no-no list.
Maryland Supreme Court rules 2023 Child Victims Act is constitutional February 5, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News The Supreme Court of Maryland ruled Feb. 3 that the Child Victims Act passed by the General Assembly in 2023 is constitutional. The CVA removed any statute of limitations for civil suits involving child sexual abuse.
Dr. Hargens earns citation from Maryland General Assembly February 5, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Dr. Donna Hargens, the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s outgoing superintendent of Catholic schools, received a citation Jan. 28 from the Maryland General Assembly during the Maryland Catholic Conference Leader Reception in Annapolis.
For Ukrainians ‘on brink of endurance,’ bishop says ‘gestures of solidarity’ bring back hope February 4, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News s Russia sent a barrage of rockets to Ukraine over the weekend of Feb. 1-2, a bishop living in an eastern Ukraine diocese on the front lines of war said such events make hope “rather waning” for his people.
Parishioners unite to chart course for St. Vincent de Paul, St. Leo February 4, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Parishioners from St. Leo and St. Vincent de Paul met for nearly three hours for Mass, fellowship and discussion at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park as the parishes work toward a merger as part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Seek the City to Come initiative.
Panel: Will new budget priorities and tax policies help or hurt the poor? February 4, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News With a new U.S. presidential administration and Congress in office, questions are percolating about federal budget priorities and tax policies — and the related decisions that will either help or hurt the most vulnerable citizens.
Field of crosses: Immigrant artist’s memorial to D.C. air disaster victims a call to love February 3, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News By the afternoon of Feb. 2, there were 67 crosses standing under a leaden gray sky — one for each victim from the Washington aviation disaster, 64 on the jet and three crew on the helicopter.
Pope will prepare papal document to help church promote children’s rights February 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document dedicated to children.
Ceasefire overshadows Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, pontifical charity says February 3, 2025By Susan Korah OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The long-awaited and elusive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has silenced bombs and halted air raids on the Gaza Strip, for the time being, but the humanitarian situation there is dire, the regional director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association reported.
Radio Interview: Catholic Men’s Spirituality February 3, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with two experts on Catholic Men’s Spirituality to get their take on how best to encourage and support men looking to develop and enhance their Catholic faith, so they can be better men, able to serve others, whether as husbands, fathers, priests or single lay men.
Presentation in the temple shows how God lives among us, pope says February 3, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God’s closeness to humanity is not confined to a place of worship but is manifested in his living among people, Pope Francis said.
Nothing is worth sacrificing the life of a child, pope tells world leaders February 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News It is unacceptable that a child’s right to life and a dignified childhood should be sacrificed to “the idols” of power, profit, ideology and nationalistic self-interest, Pope Francis told a group of world experts and leaders.
