Faith, fortitude inspire St. Mary’s freshman through journey with kidney disease November 12, 2025By Katie V. Jones Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Schools Daniel Devillier shared his experiences when he spoke to more than 10,000 international doctors and medical professionals at the World Transplant Congress in California. As he stood there, the only teenage speaker, he remembered thinking “How did I get here?”
Archbishop Coakley, Bishop Flores elected president and vice president of USCCB at Baltimore meetings November 11, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, were elected Nov. 11 as president and vice president, respectively, of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the bishops’ meetings in Baltimore.
Bishops tell pope they’ll continue to stand with migrants, defend right to worship freely at Baltimore meetings November 11, 2025By OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican In a message to Pope Leo XIV at the start of their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops told the pope Nov. 11 that they “will continue to stand with migrants and defend everyone’s right to worship free from intimidation.”
U.S. bishops celebrate Mass to ‘beg the Holy Spirit to inspire’ November 10, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Local News, News Arriving by motor coaches, more than 320 bishops from across the United States streamed into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore Nov. 10, where they donned matching vestments to celebrate Mass on the first day of their annual fall plenary assembly.
CR for Kids is valuable resource for parishes, schools and families November 10, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs CR for Kids offers a fun, faith-filled way to engage youngsters in the Gospel. Each month, a two-sided activity page invites children to explore Scripture through word searches, puzzles and other activities.
Radio Interview: A journey to the Carmelite hermitage November 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Catholic Review Radio host George Matysek talks with Father Peter of Jesus — formerly a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore known as Father Patrick Peach — about his faith-filled journey to a Carmelite Hermitage in Minnesota.
New director of Office of Life, Justice and Peace hopes to promote dignity of all November 10, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Collin Kourtz, a 34-year-old Virginia native who earned an engineering degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, took on his new role this fall in the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization, succeeding Erin Younkins.
Jesuit Father Robert Hamm dies at 88 November 7, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Robert E. Hamm died Oct. 25 at Manresa Hall in Merion Station, Pa. He was 88, a Jesuit for 70 years and a priest for 57 years.
Victim-survivors tell of mistrust, pain in third court session November 6, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News In a federal courtroom in Baltimore Nov. 5, 10 people stepped up to give impact statements about the effects of their abuse as minors by people connected to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Their stories included tears and frustration, as well as signs of hope and healing.
Blue Ribbon flies high at St. Louis School in Clarksville November 6, 2025By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Students and faculty at St. Louis School in Clarksville burst into the school gym in waves Nov. 5, wearing blue spirit T-shirts, sunglasses and wielding pom-poms to celebrate the Howard County Catholic school’s designation as one of Maryland’s Blue Ribbon schools.
60 years after Vatican II document on non-Christian relations, panelists say work to implement it continues November 5, 2025By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Local News, News The shortest final document of the Second Vatican Council, “Nostra Aetate,” redefined the way the Catholic Church relates to Jews, Muslims and other non-Christian faiths, in part by stating that “the Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions.”
Relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux coming to Baltimore November 5, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Saints Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will again have the opportunity to pray in the presence of St. Thérèse’s relics – some of the bones of the beloved saint – when they return to the Carmelite Monastery Nov. 25-26.
