Catholic school educators gather for the 2026 Convocation, celebrating faith, community, and year ahead August 28, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Video Dressed in matching school T-shirts, custom spiritwear, and colorful merchandise, a mosaic of educators, faculty and administrators attended the 2026 Catholic School Convocation at the Church of Nativity in Timonium.
Prayer, social justice are inseparable, pope tells the Society of St. Vincent de Paul August 28, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to follow the example of its namesake by giving witness to their faith through serving the poor.
New DOJ report alleges FBI ‘took minimal corrective action’ after ‘radical traditionalist’ memo August 28, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The FBI “took minimal corrective action” after a controversial leaked memo discussed “radical traditionalist” Catholics, the Department of Justice said Aug. 28.
Pilgrims turn to ‘red dirt Catholic’ martyr as Blessed Stanley Rother story gets wide release August 28, 2026By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Blessed Stanley Rother’s witness in the face of persecution in Guatemala hits home, said Gaby Damasceno, who has family in Nicaragua where the Church is facing increased persecution.
Faith, creativity and connection drive teacher of the year Catherine Kauffmann August 28, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Some of Catherine Kauffmann’s favorite things to do are working with texts and writing. As a high school English teacher at Maryvale Preparatory School in Lutherville, Kauffmann is able to do both.
Dolly Parton’s life of faith August 28, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News The nearly 1,000 songs Dolly Parton recorded during her long career covered a wide range of topics. She not only dealt with the humiliation of poverty, harassment in a dead-end job and romantic rivalry, she also felt at home with such explicitly Christian numbers as 1989’s “He’s Alive” and “There Was Jesus,” released 30 years later.
New retreat center in Washington, D.C., ‘inspired’ by St. John Paul II August 27, 2026By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News The feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa made for a fitting day for the blessing and dedication of a new retreat center affiliated with the St. John Paul II National Shrine.
Faithful across Honolulu Diocese rally after devastating hurricane August 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As Hurricane Lala barreled across the Hawaiian Islands Aug. 15-16, several Catholic organizations kept close watch over one of the hardest-hit areas — Hawaii Island’s Kau district, home to Sacred Heart Church in Naalehu and Holy Rosary Church in Pahala.
Red Mass, Blue Mass: How ‘color’ Masses serve professionals August 27, 2026By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Church has long offered Masses that recognize special occasions and special needs. Among such Masses are those for professional groups, traditionally popularized by names of a color: Red Mass (lawyers and politicians), Blue Mass (first responders), White Mass (healthcare community) and Gold Mass (scientists).
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal August 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV expressed his sadness by the devastation wrought by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border, causing a deadly wave of floods and mudslides that killed 168 people with hundreds more feared dead.
East Tennessee diocese mourns Dolly Parton as ‘one of our own’ August 27, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, is remembering the late Dolly Parton — whose career as a singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist spanned decades — as “one of our own.”
Blue Masses will recognize responders August 27, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Blue Mass, which recognizes and honors the work of police officers, first responders and firefighters from around the state, will be celebrated at three parishes.
