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Missing columns are brought to life by rings of cloth threads at an archaeological site adjacent to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the walls is pictured in Rome Sept. 6. The site contains the remains of structures from late antiquity and the medieval period that were built near the shrine to St. Paul. Unearthed between 2007-2009, the site has recently been upgraded with better lighting and cosmetic changes to improve the appearance. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Shining a light on St. Paul: Archaeological site renovated

Carol Glatz
September 6, 2018
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Turning an archaeological discovery into an appealing, informative site for tourists takes more than just digging interesting remains and ruins out of the dirt.

Weather permitting, Mass at the St. Peter at the Lake Center in Garrett County includes outdoor seating. (Emily Rosenthal/CR Staff)

Inside and out, lake vacationers revel in Deep Creek Mass

Emily Rosenthal Alster
September 6, 2018
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McHENRY – Massgoers happily overflow St. Peter at the Lake Center. Both sides of the nine-year-old building, a mile east of Deep Creek Lake, are lined with sliding glass doors followed by a row of benches. Beyond that is a pasture where people can unfold lawn chairs, and parents roam with antsy children.

Debra Messing and John Cho, center right, star in a scene from the movie "Searching." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Sony)

Movie Review: ‘Searching’

John Mulderig
September 5, 2018
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NEW YORK (CNS) — Those on the lookout for an above-average thriller boasting both surprising plot developments and upright basic values will probably be pleased with “Searching” (Screen Gems). While it’s handled discreetly, however, at least one of the many twists and turns taken by director and co-writer Aneesh Chaganty’s gripping feature debut — penned […]

Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, leaves the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2014. Cardinal Stella said the current abuse crisis facing the church would not have been so grave if laity were more involved in the formation of priests. (CNS photoPaul Haring) See CLERICALISM-ABUSE-STELLA Sept. 5, 2018.

Laity must have role in fighting clericalism, Vatican official says

Junno Arocho Esteves
September 5, 2018
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Clericalism has led to a distorted view of authority that has contributed to the problems of sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience affecting the Catholic Church, said the head of the Vatican’s clergy office. Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said the crisis facing the […]

A time to repent

Archbishop William E. Lori
September 5, 2018
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The ongoing sexual abuse crisis in the Church has hit us with full force following the revelations concerning Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, and the Pennsylvania grand jury report. Once again, we were confronted with a tsunami of evil: the evil of those who perpetrated unspeakable crimes against children and young people; and […]

Megan Blackburn, physical education teacher at St. Joan of Arc School in Aberdeen, welcomes students back to school Sept. 4. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

First day for three Catholic schools includes Archbishop Lori, other visitors

Emily Rosenthal Alster
September 4, 2018
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On the first day of school Sept. 4, Archbishop William E. Lori – accompanied by Jim Sellinger, chancellor of education, and Donna Hargens, superintendent – visited schools in Harford and Baltimore counties.

An artist’s rendering shows what a new Catholic school in development for West Baltimore might look like. (Courtesy Rubeling & Associates)

New Baltimore Catholic school to be named in honor of Mother Lange

Catholic Review Staff
September 4, 2018
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The proposed new Catholic school in Baltimore will honor the name of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, the foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the first Catholic school in the United States for black children.

Then eighth-graders at Holy Angels Catholic School, Jalynn Manigo, Sydnei Chase, Kelia Stanley and Mika Baldwin visit with Eleanor Bronis, 96 (left) and Adele Karl, 94 (right) at the Jenkins Senior Living campus last June. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Spirit of service begins early at Holy Angels

Paul McMullen
September 4, 2018
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“Created for Good Works” is the theme for 2018-19, the year of service in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. That is an ethos that students at Catholic schools embrace long before they enter high school.

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