Ceasefire brings some relief, but ‘Gaza is bleeding’ and real peace needed, say experts June 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Recent strikes exchanged by Israel and Iran, accompanied by June 21 U.S. attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities, sparked fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.
Painting of St. Rose of Lima is part of Walters Art Museum exhibition June 25, 2025By Nora Hamerman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News Just in time for the elevation to the papacy of Pope Leo XIV, the American-born cardinal who was for many years a missionary in Peru, the Walters Art Museum is displaying a rare treasure of the Catholic Church in colonial Peru.
Raising hell: Catholics debate church teaching on eternal punishment June 25, 2025By Robert Duncan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest’s missionary work is raising hell — but not with the Chinese Communist Party.
Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France June 25, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Amid a record number of baptisms, turning the page on the abuse crisis and rapidly changing society, an “Observatory of Catholicism” was officially launched in June in Paris to produce regular, accurate and reliable data on Catholicism in France, thanks to the work of specialists, based on field surveys.
Father Pete Literal will retire after ministering for decades in prisons, parishes and cultural outreach June 25, 2025By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement Father Pete D. Literal, the pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Hydes who will retire July 1 at age 73, took a long road to becoming a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Radio Interview: Religious freedom faces ongoing challenges June 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom Aaron Weldon, Assistant Director for Religious Liberty at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, talks with George Matysek about ongoing challenges to religious freedom and what will happen during Religious Freedom Week.
Pope leads Corpus Christi procession through streets of Rome June 23, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said.
Excitement and pride abound at ordination of five priests for Archdiocese of Baltimore June 23, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Joy, excitement and pride permeated the air during the long-awaited priestly ordination of five men during a June 21 Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
‘Slaughter of innocents’ in suicide bombing at Syrian church called ‘unspeakable evil’ June 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Islamist suicide bombing at a packed Damascus church that killed at least 20 and injured dozens of worshippers June 22 has sparked international outrage. Sectarian violence continues to plague Syria’s new leadership seven months after toppling Bashar Assad’s regime.
Pilgrims walk in the footsteps of America’s first saint June 22, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate In celebration of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s 50th anniversary of canonization this year, the four-day pilgrimage was organized to trace the steps of the first American-born saint’s journey from Baltimore to Emmitsburg in the 19th century.
Trump orders US attack on Iran nuclear sites, as Pope Leo, bishops plead for peace June 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including that between Israel and Iran.
Visiting Upstate New York’s National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs June 22, 2025By Cecilia Hadley Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News Walking through the serene green spaces of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y., it is hard to imagine the scene that greeted St. Isaac Jogues and St. René Goupil at the same site in 1642.
