Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Agreeing with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx that Catholic leaders cannot adopt an “ostrich policy” in the face of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis still told the cardinal that he would not accept his resignation as head of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
A nun who was brutally stabbed in a satanic sacrifice was beatified a martyr June 6 in the northern Italian city where she served.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
People’s hearts and the entire church must be wide open to wonder and devotion to Christ and ready to embrace everyone — sinner and saint alike, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News
Pope Francis led hundreds of pilgrims and visitors in St. Peter’s Square in a moment of silent prayer for the Indigenous children who died in Canadian residential schools and for their grieving families.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena after being moved from the Vatican hillside during anti-Christian persecutions in the third century, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
A series of laws and procedures promulgated by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and, especially, by Pope Francis to protect children, promote the investigation of allegations of clerical sexual abuse and punish offenders are included in a heavily revised section of the Code of Canon Law.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis named English Archbishop Arthur Roche to lead the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, the Vatican said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
To help lead the world’s Catholics along a journey of intensified action in caring for creation, Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has ordered the minor seminary that is located inside the Vatican and currently at the center of a criminal sex abuse trial to move to a new location in Rome before classes begin in the fall.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News
Do not let a complex organizational hierarchy stifle creativity, hamper decision-making and impede serving its actual purpose, Pope Francis told the Vatican’s communications office.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
After going so long without in-person learning and face-to-face contact with others, young people now should be more discerning and judicious concerning their time online, Pope Francis told students.
