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Catholic leaders call for prayer, action after wave of July 4 holiday shootings across US
Catholic leaders throughout the country are calling for prayer and action after gun violence scarred the July 4 holiday weekend in several states.
Knights of Columbus council awards five endowed scholarships
Five Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are establishing new endowed scholarships thanks to a $250,000 donation from the Knights of Columbus Notre Dame Council 2901.
Freedom of expression must never be an excuse to despise others, pope says
Any book that is considered sacred by its people must be respected out of respect for the human person who holds it sacred, Pope Francis said.
Enewsletter changes frequency for summer schedule in July and August
During July and August, the Catholic Review’s award-winning enewsletter will be published once a week. We will return to our twice-weekly schedule in September.
Beloved high school teacher robbed before gun-slaying on Catholic University campus, says family
An apparent murder on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington was “not a random incident,” and poses “no present danger” to the university community, according to police and university officials.
Be transformed by the Eucharist, pope asks Catholics
Catholics must place the Eucharist at the center of their lives to transform their relationships with God and their neighbors, Pope Francis said.
Pope institutes commission to share the stories of new martyrs
The Vatican will establish a new commission to identify and catalogue Christians who have died for their faith in the last 25 years, Pope Francis said.
Local communities must be included in fight against hunger, pope says
In order to eradicate hunger in the world, committed and experienced action must be taken that includes local and traditional cultures and peoples, Pope Francis said.
New Haven churches merged into new parish named for Knights of Columbus founder
A priest on the road to sainthood, who has united millions of Catholic men across the world, is drawing faithful together in the town where he first served.
Pope’s ambassador: Staying in Ukraine during war a ‘big, big grace’ amid fears, frustrations
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the 493-day mark June 30, OSV News sat down with Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, papal nuncio to Ukraine, to discuss his experiences of the war.
Vatican aims to return Ukrainian children, not mediate war, says cardinal
The Vatican is developing a plan to return to Ukraine children illegally deported to Russia but is not jockeying to mediate the war, Pope Francis’ peace envoy said upon his return from his mission to Moscow.