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.
Jesuits offer help to women who say they were abused by Father Rupnik March 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Jesuits have written to 20 women who have accused Father Marko Rupnik of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse, offering to work with them to find a path of reparation “geared toward healing the wounds” caused by the former Jesuit priest.
Supreme Court upholds effort to regulate ‘ghost guns’ March 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court March 26 upheld a Biden administration effort to regulate so-called “ghost guns,” or unserialized, untraceable firearms that can be assembled in as little as 30 minutes from kits purchased online.
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.
Leading French cardinal calls for ‘reawakening of hope’ amid global turmoil March 26, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, a top contender to lead the French bishops’ conference, delivered a powerful lecture March 22 in Marseille, calling for a “reawakening of hope” in the face of global turmoil.
Jesus pursues brokenness to offer healing, pope’s catechesis says March 26, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Jesus seeks out people in their woundedness and isolation to offer healing and hope, even when they feel furthest from God, Pope Francis said in a prepared catechesis.
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.
Man charged with terrorism for alleged threat to ‘butcher’ Memphis Catholic churchgoers March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A 30-year-old man believed to be homeless was arrested and charged with the commission of an act of terrorism following a threat he allegedly emailed to a music minister at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis, Tenn., claiming he wanted to “butcher” people in the church with a machete.
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.
