Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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The Central Office of Church Statistics, a department of the Vatican Secretariat of State, keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world.
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On Pentecost Sunday, May 28, America Media will launch a weekly podcast to help Christian preachers develop their craft “and captivate their congregations in more effective ways,” said a news release announcing the podcast.
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Monthly adoration has become a new normal for pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s Square. For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, who led a monthly Vatican outdoor Holy Hour May 9, adoration is a crucial hour of any day.
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Nearly 100 candidates and catechumens across the Erie Diocese welcomed into the church at the vigil — a scene repeated in dioceses and archdioceses across the nation.
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Divine Mercy Sunday opens the “floodgates of mercy” for all through the sacraments of confession and holy Communion, said a priest renowned for promoting the liturgical feast and its accompanying devotion.
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Three couples in the Archdiocese of Baltimore shared with the Catholic Review a little about their engagement story, the beliefs that shape their lives together – and some of the signs they spotted along the way.
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According to Dr. Diane Barr, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Raineys’ was one of 148 approved outdoor Catholic weddings in 2021.
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Filed Under: Easter, Evangelization, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments
The annual SEEK conferences hosted by FOCUS are for anyone interested in deepening their faith and spreading the Gospel.
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A bill that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state is under consideration by the Legislature, but some have expressed concern that this bill could force Catholic priests to violate the civil law in order to uphold church law regarding the seal of confession.
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Catholic Review
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The Archdiocese of Baltimore will reinstitute the reception of Communion under both species on Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, April 6.
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Catholic Review
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More than 1,000 joined the celebration – including more than 140 priests, 70 deacons and 60 seminarians and candidates for the permanent diaconate.
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In a world where “there is no shortage of hotbeds of hatred and revenge,” Pope Francis told priests and seminarians that “we confessors must multiply the ‘hotbeds of mercy,'” by making it easy for people to access the sacrament of reconciliation.
