Pope names St. Newman patron of his alma mater in Rome November 3, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome.
Prayer for beloved dead is sign of hope of being together again, pope says November 3, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The pope celebrated Mass Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, at Rome’s largest cemetery, Verano, which covers more than 200 acres.
Pope calls for end to violence in Sudan, Tanzania November 3, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News After reciting the Angelus prayer Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, the pope offered special prayers for the victims in el-Fasher, capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state.
Radio Interview: Supporting the grieving, honoring the departed November 3, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Worship & Sacraments In this All Souls Day episode, Michael Ruck Sr., president of Ruck Funeral Homes and parishioner of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, joins Rita Buettner for a heartfelt conversation about the evolving ways families remember those they’ve lost.
Capuchins celebrate 150 years of ministry in Cumberland November 3, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Capuchins’ arrival with a special Nov. 1 Mass at Ss. Peter and Paul on the Feast of All Saints.
Priests of the Sacred Heart aim to spread message of Jesus’ love November 3, 2025By Gigi Duncan OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Each June, the church invites the faithful to turn their own hearts toward the Sacred Heart of Jesus — a symbol of his boundless mercy and deep compassion for all humanity.
Mother Mary Lange Catholic School thrives, embodying namesake’s legacy in Baltimore education November 3, 2025By Tierra Stone Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Mother Mary Lange Catholic School stands as a thriving center of learning in West Baltimore, deeply committed to the community and serving nearly 400 students from more than 60 ZIP codes from pre-kindergarten (age 3) through grade eight.
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis put Christ at the center of health care November 2, 2025By Gigi Duncan OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Health Care, News, Vocations, World News Historically, the Franciscan Sisters, like many religious orders, were directly involved in hands-on care, nursing patients at their hospitals across Illinois and Michigan. Their work was rooted in the Gospel call to care for the most vulnerable and serve as healers of both body and soul.
‘A gift from God’: Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition November 2, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Ahead of a new English edition of the Liturgy of the Hours for the Latin Church, Father Ernest and other liturgical experts are encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to embrace this prayer, which is said at different points throughout the day.
At education Jubilee, pope names St. John Henry Newman ‘doctor of the church’ November 1, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The lives of St. John Henry Newman and of all the saints teach Christians that “it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity of the present without neglecting the apostolic mandate to ‘shine like stars in the world,'” Pope Leo XIV said.
Diocese announces religious visa lawsuit deal with national implications November 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Attorneys for the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., have moved to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit they had filed against the federal government regarding visas for religious workers — a case that highlights the perfect storm created by the nation’s shifting immigration policies and the increased reliance on international clergy by the Catholic Church in the United States amid a downturn in domestic vocations to the priesthood.
An Augustinian seminarian finds purpose in a restless heart November 1, 2025By Gigi Duncan OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Frank Connor, a seminarian with the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, has embraced a divine invitation to service and purpose that has unfolded gradually throughout his life.
