St. Frances Academy plans to welcome middle schoolers June 3, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore will welcome its first middle schoolers at the start of the 2025-26 school year after receiving approval in May from the Maryland State Department of Education and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Baltimore Mass to celebrate local charities in time of perilous cuts June 3, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore To show support for the work done by Catholic Charities, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic Relief Services, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold a Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice at 7:30 p.m., June 11, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
The Spirit leads – and Father Romano follows – to Mount St. Mary’s June 3, 2025By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations For a priest who never expected to focus his ministry on vocations, Father Michael Romano has become a leading figure in shaping the next generation of Catholic clergy – and now he’ll do it from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.
Radio Interview: Baltimore sports broadcaster shares the importance of his Catholic faith June 2, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Sports Jim Hunter, the former longtime play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Orioles and a fixture in Baltimore sports broadcasting, is a devoted Catholic and an active parishioner of St. Mark in Fallston. Mark Viviano talks with Hunter about his years in broadcasting and his journey of faith.
Baltimore native stirs controversy in Charlotte Diocese over liturgical norms June 2, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments A leaked draft document on revising liturgical norms in the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., has stirred backlash for its addressing of some practices predating the Second Vatican Council.
Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says June 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church, its ministers and its members must find new ways to reach out to and welcome families who are distant from the church and have no understanding of how much God loves them, Pope Leo XIV said.
A family’s love grounded in Christ is sign of peace for world, pope says June 2, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly.
Pope asks priests to be signs of reconciliation in the church and world June 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News In a church and a world divided and fractured, priests are called to be witnesses of God’s love and forgiveness, which reconciles people and makes them one community, Pope Leo XIV told new priests.
How Jesus’ visits to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque spread love of his Sacred Heart June 1, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News It was a young nun named Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Visitation order at Paray-le-Monial, France, who would become Jesus’ conduit to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart throughout the Roman Church.
Bishops speak up after two Catholic priests killed in Kenya May 29, 2025By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Catholic bishops in Kenya are demanding a full investigation into the suspicious deaths of two priests within days of each other, calling the incidents deeply disturbing.
Archdiocese continues focus on mental health with aim to take away stigma May 29, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore launched its Mental Health Ministry plan in 2021. During its first phase, nearly 1,000 people were trained in mental health first aid, according to Melissa Freymann, a mental wellness consultant for the archdiocese and a therapist with St. Lucia Counseling.
Pope wants peace, not a role in negotiations, Cardinal Parolin says May 28, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Leo XIV’s offer to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine — an offer Russia has turned down — was motivated by a conviction that the two sides must start negotiating and stop the killing, the Vatican secretary of state said.
