Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Officials of the Roman Curia must learn how to really listen to others, not treating a discussion as a game of “ping pong” where everything another says is met with a speedy and automatic response, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Like God’s decision to be born in a manger tucked away from the world, good deeds done in silence can express God’s love wherever they are performed, Pope Francis said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News
While several Western European bishops praised the Dec. 18 declaration of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on blessing same-sex couples as “a major breakthrough in pastoral care,” reactions elsewhere have been mixed, with African bishops offering explainers for “confused” faithful or banning same-sex blessings.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Our Faith in Action
The archdiocese introduced two distinctive ensembles, each representing significant communities and emphasizing unity among Catholics while celebrating the church’s rich diversity – the Black Catholic Mass Choir and the Hispanic/Latino Archdiocesan Choir.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News
All is well at St. Mary Church in Annapolis after a small fire in the late morning of Dec. 20 caused minor damage to the second floor of the parish’s three-story rectory.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries
Monsignor John Louis FitzGerald, a Baltimore native and former military chaplain who in 2003 established Apostleship of the Sea, a worldwide ministry for seafarers, for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Dec. 16. He was 82.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News
A dedicated group of Catholic — and non-Catholic — volunteers is showing how the Christmas joy of helping the less fortunate lasts all year round.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News
While faith cannot change anything in moments of great darkness such as the one Israelis and Palestinians are currently living through in the Israeli-Hamas war, it can, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said, create “a small light” which will give “orientation.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Exchanging Christmas gifts and organizing holiday parties are all well and good, but Christians should contemplate the scene of Jesus’ birth to recover what is truly important during the Christmas season, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Our Faith in Action
A coalition of religious and community-service groups in Southwest Baltimore plans to continue its anti-violence conversation with a prayer vigil and walk two days after Christmas.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, signed an immigration bill into law Dec. 18 that makes it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico. Catholic organizations including the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops have opposed the legislation.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News
The world has become small and dangerous for the 600 Palestinian Gaza Christians sheltering at the Holy Family Parish church compound in Gaza City almost since the start of the Israeli-Hamas war Oct. 7.
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