Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
In the wake of the deadly flooding that killed 216 people in Valencia, Spain, Pope Francis told seminarians and seminary staff from the region to immerse themselves in the suffering of their people and give them signs of hope.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Vocations
The new Blessed Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation in Baltimore was formally dedicated and blessed by Archbishop William E. Lori at a ceremony Jan. 23 after extensive renovations to a former visitor center and the completion of an additional building.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Women religious are meant to be serving the poor, marginalized or vulnerable in society, not be working as servants to members of the church, Pope Francis said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Vocations
Consecrated virginity is a unique vocation for women in that it is centered in the local diocesan church rather than a particular group or religious community.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Saints, Vocations, World News
Her wide smile and eyes beaming with joy are a signature of Sister Clare Crockett, a 33-year-old Northern Irish nun, who tragically died in the 2016 Ecuador earthquake.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
During the Holy Year 2025, which is centered on proclaiming a message of hope, Pope Francis told future priests to let hope be the guiding principle of their lives.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, Vocations, World News
A priestly vocation is not merely a path toward salvation for the one who is called but should be a continuous self-gift that aligns each priest’s life with God’s plans for them, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
The Italian bishops’ new program of priestly formation, approved by the Vatican, repeats a prohibition against admitting to the seminary men with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies,” but also says that being gay does not automatically exclude a candidate.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News
Teresian Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas from Brazil has become the world’s oldest person, reaching 116 years and 210 days.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vocations, World News
While “synodality” might be a new concept to Catholics surprised by the Vatican’s request that dioceses worldwide engage in community discernment from 2021-2024, the U.S. friars of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe — humble as they are — would still like to gently remind us it’s something Franciscans like themselves have been doing for centuries.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations
St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park is giving an added boost to the human formation of future priests with the establishment of its first-ever director of human formation.
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