Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Nov. 12.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News
The “small yet vibrant church” in Estonia has been a source of compassion and spiritual sustenance for countless people in the Baltic nation, Pope Francis said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Easter, News, Religious Freedom, World News
Amid signs of changes and more religious inclusivity in the country, church leaders in Bangladesh called for Easter Sunday to be a public holiday.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan, Philippines, one of the 21 cardinal-designates to be elevated at the Dec. 7 consistory at the Vatican, was thrust into the spotlight and singled out by his country’s president in 2018 at the height of a bloody government anti-drug war there.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News
In late October, while thousands gathered across the Polish capital to commemorate the 1984 kidnapping and brutal murder of Solidarity chaplain Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, patient work continued at the Jesuit order’s archive in Warsaw to document the fate of other communist-era victims.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News
The U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty is encouraging Catholics to take part in a Nov. 15-23 novena ahead of the feast of Christ the King, celebrated this year on Nov. 24.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News
After Vice President Kamala Harris said she does not think “concessions” should be made on codifying abortion protections, some pro-life activists expressed concern that a potential Harris administration would not implement religious exemptions to abortion policy.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News
Slain Father Marcelo Pérez was buried in his birthplace amid indignation and demands for justice.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Journalism, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News
Russia’s latest blockage of Western religious websites and social media accounts tightens the Kremlin’s chokehold on Russian residents’ information access, the editor of a Ukrainian religious news outlet told OSV News.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
In an early October massacre, at least 150 people, including many Christians, were killed in northeastern Burkina Faso’s town of Manni, in what turned out to be a brutal terrorist rampage.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
An Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, where the Catholic Church has denounced government inaction in the face of rising violence.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News
A number of organizations are inviting faithful to pray for persecuted Christians throughout the month of November, as more than 365 million believers in Christ worldwide suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination, according to a 20242023 report by the advocacy group Open Doors.
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