Maryland legislators consider reducing state’s financial responsibility for child sex abuse March 27, 2025By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News Del. C.T. Wilson, sponsor of the Child Victims Act that was passed by the Maryland Legislature in 2023, said he wants to ensure that the names of all perpetrators of child sexual abuse in the state Department of Juvenile Justice are made public.
Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Florek, first Franciscan at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, dies at 80 March 27, 2025By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Florek, the first Franciscan to lead St. Clement Mary Hofbauer parish, died March 22 at age 80.
Not knowing pope’s role, Vatican publishes Holy Week, Easter schedule March 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As Pope Francis continues his convalescence, the Vatican published a full calendar of Holy Week and Easter liturgies with no indication of who would preside or be the main celebrant.
USCIRF says government must not retreat from defense of international religious liberty March 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. should not retreat from its vital role in defending and promoting religious freedom around the globe, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged in a March 25 event unveiling its 2025 annual report.
Vatican statistics: Baptisms down, but first Communions, confirmations up March 26, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women in religious orders, and baptisms all declined, according to Vatican statistics.
Cardinal McElroy, immigration advocates warn U.S. at a moral crossroad with migrants March 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Representatives of Catholic and immigration advocacy organizations, and Washington’s new Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, grappled with the need to send a clear moral message on the dignity of migrants amid the “uncertainty” of the political moment at a recent event in the nation’s capital.
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including pastor and deacon assignments March 26, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including pastor and deacon assignments
Margaret ‘Margie’ Meyers remembered for skill at pastoral planning March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Margaret “Margie” Meyers, a longtime parishioner of St. Peter parish in Westernport and a force in Catholic faith formation and pastoral planning in Western Maryland, died March 10 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., following a brief illness with a neuromuscular disorder. She was 65.
Building beds, building faith: Youths participate in day of service and mercy March 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry Groups from Hagerstown and Frederick were participating in Just Mercy, a daylong retreat for middle schoolers held in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “Rise Up, Have Mercy” middle school day in Randallstown.
Patrick Brice to be retried for first-degree assault charges outside Planned Parenthood March 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Patrick Brice, of Baltimore, will be retried for a first-degree assault charge on Mark Crosby, the then-73-year-old abortion protestor Brice pushed, punched and kicked in the face in front of a Planned Parenthood facility in Baltimore May 26, 2023.
Archbishop Lori confers Archdiocesan Medals of Honor March 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori conferred the honors at a private reception at his residence next to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Honorees will be publicly recognized in May at the archdiocesan Shine the Light Gala.
Hundreds join El Paso bishop’s protest against migrant mass deportation, asylum bans March 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Mass deportations and asylum bans — part of the Trump administration’s rapid changes to U.S. immigration policy — destroy communities and human dignity, while constituting a “war on the poor,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas.
