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Upcoming racing events support good causes Katie V. Jones August 25, 2026 One of the first things Father H. Paul Kim did when he arrived at Holy Korean Martyrs in Woodlawn in January 2025 was to challenge his parishioners to join him at the Baltimore Running Festival in October 2025.
Baltimore-area Colombians pray, mobilize aid after deadly earthquake Marietha Góngora V. August 25, 2026 For Colombians living in the Baltimore area, the earthquake brought the fear of being thousands of miles away from loved ones at a moment when communication was difficult.
Mary Pat Stoval, longtime archdiocesan fiscal services director, dies at 67 Lisa Harlow August 24, 2026 Mary Pat Stoval, director of fiscal services for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a beloved colleague known for her kindness, competence and faith, died Aug. 18 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, due to complications from leukemia. She was 67.
Catholic Review welcomes new staff members Catholic Review Staff August 24, 2026 A videographer with experience serving a global Catholic ministry, a recent journalism graduate and collegiate editor, and a web professional have recently joined Catholic Review Media and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Vatican’s top diplomat begins visit to Russia as European leaders flock to Kyiv OSV News August 25, 2026 Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations, arrived in Moscow Aug. 24 for a four-day visit, with meetings scheduled with Russian government, Orthodox and Catholic leaders.
Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade OSV News August 25, 2026 Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows.
Catholic schools’ new year sees safety, security and budget impacts after school shooting Simone Orendain August 25, 2026 As the new school year starts in multiple Catholic districts across the country, 2025’s deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during the parish school’s all-school Mass has kept safety and security on the minds of some Catholic school officials and archdioceses with sizable Catholic school districts.
Annunciation leaders guide wounded community toward peace 1 year after school shooting Josh McGovern August 24, 2026 Four leaders had barely arrived at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when they found themselves helping a wounded community to heal and find a way toward hope.
Parents, please stop tormenting your kids for clicks! Elizabeth Scalia August 25, 2026 In my youth I knew a mother who played cruel “jokes” on babies. With a little one seated on her lap, she would temptingly show a biscuit or a candy, and — just as the excited infant leaned forward, arms and legs churning, mouth open — she would devour it, with a laugh.
A journey toward Christ and vocation Gryffen Atkinson August 22, 2026 Leaving Quo Vadis, I felt a calling and a mission. For several years, I had been discerning a vocation to the priesthood, but that call often seemed to come more from my mind than from my heart. Through this retreat and the experiences I encountered there, that changed
Addiction doesn’t have to be the final word Timothy A. McCarthy August 21, 2026 My work taught me that recovery often begins only when accountability and hope exist together. Sometimes treatment was enough. Sometimes the prospect of jail provides the wake-up call that makes a person willing to enter treatment. In either case, the crucial step was a willingness to change.
Stories that tell the U.S. Catholic story George Weigel August 21, 2026 Fiction can often convey the human texture of a time and place better than scholarly works of history. Herewith, and in honor of the national semiquincentennial, some novels that help tell the Catholic story in these United States through a fictional lens.
A blessing on the road Rita Buettner August 19, 2026 I was surprised. I’ve never had a car pause there so I could enter that stretch of road before. Everyone is always in a hurry.
