Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis must be remembered for his deep Marian piety. In speaking to a group of young people in Rome on June 29, 2014 — the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul — he famously said: “A Christian without the Madonna is an orphan.”
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican
Pope Francis’ funeral is scheduled for April 26 at 10 a.m. Rome time (4 a.m. EDT in Baltimore) in St. Peter’s Square, with burial to follow at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
After the casket bearing Pope Francis’ body was placed in St. Peter’s Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay their respects.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Novels and films that include or revolve around a conclave often include nefarious plotting, or at least politicking, and attempts to wing it when it comes to the rules for electing a new pope.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Asserting that the Catholic Church needed the gifts and experiences of women, Pope Francis appointed several women to top positions in the Roman Curia, including the first female prefect of a major dicastery, and worked to ensure their contributions were recognized in parishes and dioceses around the world.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The pontificate of Pope Francis did not result in breakthrough theological agreements with other Christians, but huge strides were made in personal relations and practical cooperation.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News
The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., has reached a potential agreement with abuse survivors five years after filing for bankruptcy.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Saints, World News
Between 1931 and 1938, a young nun named Sister Maria Faustina claimed to have experienced a series of visions, messages and conversations in which our Lord Jesus asked her to establish a devotion to his Divine Mercy.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Divine Worship, News, World News
One popular devotion is the Divine Mercy Chaplet, often said at 3 p.m. in honor of the hour Christ died.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News
When Pope Francis chose the small Italian island of Lampedusa as the destination for his first trip outside Rome after his election, he signaled to the world that migration would be a defining issue of his pontificate.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Sports, World News
Upon Pope Francis’ passing, San Lorenzo issued a poignant statement reflecting on his lifelong bond with the club: “His passion for San Lorenzo always moved us deeply, and unites us in constant prayer for his soul.”
