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A priest demonstrates the granting of absolution that occurs during the sacrament of reconciliation. The priest, acting in the person of Christ, can absolve a person of his or her sins with their contrition, confession and penance. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

Day of Reconciliation is March 19

Catholic Review Staff
March 16, 2018
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Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have a special opportunity to go to confession on a Day of Reconcilation, scheduled for March 19.

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, addresses seminarians, faculty and staff at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg March 8. (Courtesy Andrew McDonald/Mount St. Mary's Seminary)

Pope’s representative to U.S. addresses seminarians at Mount St. Mary’s

George P. Matysek Jr.
March 16, 2018
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“(The future priest) must have the ability to see where mercy is needed and the healthy zeal to make himself readily available to apply the healing balm of God’s mercy with the love of a genuine father and pastor,” Archbishop Pierre said.

Johnny Unitas visits with Sister Demetria and other School Sisters of Notre Dame in August 1960 at the Baltimore Colts’ training camp at Western Maryland College in Westminster. Unitas had led the Colts to the previous two National Football League championships. (CR File)

The Archdiocese of Baltimore, pro sports and the Sabbath

Paul McMullen
March 16, 2018
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The era of “blue laws” restricted most business operations on Sunday. In the city, that meant Major League Baseball and National Football League games could not start before 2:05 p.m.

Bishop Denis J. Madden, auxiliary of Baltimore (from left); Lutheran Bishop William J. Gohl; Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore; and the Rev. Eric T. Campbell, assistant to Bishop Gohl; lead a March 11 service at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. (Courtesy Larry Canner/St. Mary’s Seminary and University)

Catholics, Lutherans unite in prayer at St. Mary’s Seminary and University

Catholic Review Staff
March 16, 2018
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Catholic and Lutheran leaders came together for a service at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Bart Millard and Amy Grant star in a scene from the movie "I Can Only Imagine." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)

Movie Review: I Can Only Imagine

John Mulderig
March 15, 2018
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Dennis Quaid brings his formidable talent to bear in the faith-driven drama

Border wall prototypes are seen near San Diego March 12. Image taken from Las Torres, Mexico. (CNS photo/Alejandro Zepeda, EPA)

Trump looks at prototypes for border wall that bishop calls ‘grotesque’

Rhina Guidos
March 15, 2018
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“It is a sad day for our country when we trade the majestic, hope-filled symbolism of the Statue of Liberty for an ineffective and grotesque wall, which both displays and inflames the ethnic and cultural divisions that have long been the underside of our national history,” Bishop McElroy said

Father Gabriel Bakkar, a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, listens to a woman's confession during a block party June 13 at St. Crispin Friary in the Bronx borough of New York. The friars were celebrating receiving Vatican recognition as a religious institute of pontifical right. Founded in 1987 in the Archdiocese of New York, the community has 125 members ministering to the poor in the U.S., Honduras, Nicaragua, Ireland and the United Kingdom. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Confessors should seek to bring penitents closer to Jesus, pope says

Carol Glatz
March 14, 2018
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The pope spoke to hundreds of confessors and other participants attending an annual course on the sacrament of reconciliation

A woman prays at a memorial where well-wishers placed mementos as hundreds of students and parents arrive for campus orientation Feb. 25 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Attendance at the orientation was voluntary but it was being held in anticipation of the school officially reopening Feb. 28. (CNS photo/Angel Valentin, Reuters)

The day I thought a shooter was on campus

Emily Rosenthal Alster
March 14, 2018
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In a split second, the place that we called home could have become one in a list of many: Sandy Hook, Oklahoma City, Columbine, the World Trade Center, the Boston Marathon and now Parkland. It only takes one person with malicious intent to uproot and destroy lives.

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