• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to footer
Catholic Review

Catholic Review

Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Menu
  • Home
  • News
        • Local News
        • World News
        • Vatican News
        • Obituaries
        • Featured Video
        • En Español
        • Sports News
        • Official Clergy Assignments
        • Schools News
  • Commentary
        • Contributors
          • Question Corner
          • George Weigel
          • Elizabeth Scalia
          • Michael R. Heinlein
          • Effie Caldarola
          • Guest Commentary
        • CR Columnists
          • Archbishop William E. Lori
          • Rita Buettner
          • Christopher Gunty
          • George Matysek Jr.
          • Mark Viviano
          • Father Joseph Breighner
          • Father Collin Poston
          • Robyn Barberry
          • Hanael Bianchi
          • Amen Columns
  • Entertainment
        • Events
        • Movie & Television Reviews
        • Arts & Culture
        • Books
        • Recipes
  • About Us
        • Contact Us
        • Our History
        • Meet Our Staff
        • Photos to own
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • CR Media platforms
        • Electronic Edition
  • Advertising
  • Shop
        • Purchase Photos
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • Magazine Subscriptions
        • Archdiocesan Directory
  • CR Radio
        • CR Radio
        • Protagonistas de Fe
  • News Tips
  • Subscribe

World News

Wearing a mask at Mass is a small sacrifice pleasing to God, priest says

January 3, 2022
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Wearing a high-filtering mask over one’s nose and mouth at Mass “is a small sacrifice we can bring to the altar as an offering pleasing to God for the good of all his children,” said Father Roberto Colombo, a geneticist and member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Cardinal Gregory, who tested positive for COVID-19, remains asymptomatic

January 3, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory announced in a Dec. 31, 2021, statement that he tested positive for COVID-19. He was asymptomatic at the time and remained so Jan. 3, according to the media relations director for the archdiocese.

On New Year’s, pope says a mature faith is realistic, but hope-filled

January 1, 2022
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

As Catholics begin a new year contemplating the motherhood of Mary, they should be inspired not to let problems weaken their faith or prevent them from helping others grow, Pope Francis said.

U.N. reports significant rise in hunger in Latin America, Caribbean

January 1, 2022
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

A report released by several U.N. agencies warned that the number of those suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is at its highest point in 15 years.

Though problems abound, God-given hope never fails, pope says

December 31, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Christian hope grants those who suffer the assurance that God does not abandon his people in their time of need, Pope Francis said.

Vatican pays tribute to 22 church workers murdered in 2021

December 30, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News

In situations of extreme poverty, war or civil tensions, 22 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2021, according to Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Contention over Catholic University icon grows after it’s stolen again

December 29, 2021
By Rhina Guidos
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

A second icon of Mary holding Jesus has been stolen from outside a chapel at The Catholic University of America following complaints that the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020.

Think of the Holy Family fleeing Herod and pray for migrants, pope says

December 29, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Meditating on the scene of the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt to escape Herod’s murderous rage, Christians cannot close their eyes to the fact that too many people in the world today also feel forced to flee their homelands, Pope Francis said.

Vatican adds QR code to sculpture to educate people about migration

December 29, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News

A life-sized bronze sculpture of migrants and refugees crowded onto a boat has stood in St. Peter’s Square for more than two years, but just before Christmas a small QR code was placed on the boat’s stern to give onlookers information about the work.

Immediate, long-term relief: Catholic agencies’ response to 2021 disasters

December 28, 2021
By Tom Tracy
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Right up through December, extreme weather events and natural disasters of 2021 continued to upend local communities and set agendas for domestic and overseas emergency response efforts at major Catholic aid organizations.

Christians in Bethlehem on Christmas: Tell the world we have joy

December 28, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The normal crowds of pilgrims and tourists may not have been able to come to Bethlehem for Christmas due to COVID-19 travel restrictions for a second year in a row, but local Palestinian Christians wanted to assure everyone that the Christmas spirit is still alive and well in the city of Jesus’ birth.

Pope asks pontifical council to begin planning Holy Year 2025

December 28, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Preparations for the Holy Year 2025 have already begun, and Pope Francis has asked the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization to take charge of the efforts.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 480
  • Page 481
  • Page 482
  • Page 483
  • Page 484
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 590
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Our Vision

Real Life. Real Faith. 

Catholic Review Media communicates the Gospel and its impact on people’s lives in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond.

Our Mission

Catholic Review Media provides intergenerational communications that inform, teach, inspire and engage Catholics and all of good will in the mission of Christ through diverse forms of media.

Contact

Catholic Review
320 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
443-524-3150
mail@CatholicReview.org

 

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent

  • Parishes need to launch ‘revolution of care’ for the elderly, pope says
  • Broglio: Church teaching obligates the faithful to support pastoral care of migrants
  • Archdiocese of Baltimore offers resources for parishes to assist migrants
  • Third annual gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 9
  • Ireland’s abortion rates rise 62 percent over 5 years; Catholic advocates call it ‘a tragedy’
  • Miami archbishop presses for pastoral visitation at Alligator Alcatraz
  • Movie Review: ‘Smurfs’
  • Body of Blessed Frassati, relic of Blessed Acutis will be in Rome for Jubilee
  • Artificial Intelligence, wholeism and prayer

Search

Membership

Catholic Media Assocation

Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association

The Associated Church Press

© 2025 CATHOLIC REVIEW MEDIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

en Englishes Spanish
en en