Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News
Joe Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, as his vice presidential running mate elicited broad smiles from key black Catholics. Others, though, started criticizing her record nearly as soon as the pick was publicized Aug. 11.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools
The Archdiocese of Washington’s Catholic Schools Office hailed an Aug. 7 announcement by a Montgomery County health officer that he has rescinded his previous directives forbidding private and religious schools from opening to in-person instruction at the start of the school year.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News
Some 300,000 people have been left homeless and more than 160 have been killed in the massive blast.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Local News, News
“The Mission to Move” is a five-day virtual walk/run that invites participants to set step count goals and track them through a smartphone app called GivHero synced to a fitness tracker. Every time participants reach their goals, their sponsors make contributions to support the outreach of Catholic Charities.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Schools, World News
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, thinks it is a good idea for schools to reopen for in-person classes but with restrictions in place to protect teachers, staff and students against the coronavirus, including “wearing a mask, washing your hands, maintaining social distancing.”
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations
After his engagement was broken off, Deacon Jeremy Smith had a life-changing conversation with Father Charles Canterna that put him on the path to the priesthood.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News
The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview
How does the Catholic Church evangelize at at time when so many people reject organized religion? What impact does secularization have on evangelization? What do recent popes mean when they talk about the “New Evangelization and how are seminarians prepared to evangelize in a secular culture?
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Their heads encased in white bandages covering the wounds where they had been conjoined, 2-year-old twins named Ervina and Prefina were baptized by Pope Francis Aug. 6 in the chapel of his residence.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate entire cities and countries, Pope Francis said on the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations
Deacon Scott Kady was the only man ordained to the transitional diaconate for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Instead of being downtown at the Baltimore Basilica, the usual location for the rite, it was held at St. Ignatius, Hickory.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Urban Vicariate
“People say, ‘Well, you know, all lives matter.’ All lives do matter, but all lives will really matter when Black lives matter,” Father Muth said. “We need to be able to keep this up because it’s been such a long time of Black lives not mattering in a lot of different ways.”
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