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Ulysses S. Grant

About praising famous men

January 18, 2018

I wish we had a litmus test to identify the people who deserve our praise. But it won’t ever be simple. We are all sinners.

School Sister of Notre Dame Sister Caroleen Baummer died Dec. 4 at 94.

Sister Caroleen Baummer, S.S.N.D., dies after 71 years as a professed religious

Catholic Review Staff

January 18, 2018

Local News, News, Obituaries

School Sister of Notre Dame Sister Caroleen Baummer, who spent most of her 43 years in education teaching music at Notre Dame Preparatory Lower School in Towson, the former St. Ann School in Baltimore and the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, died Dec. 4 at 94.

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael was offered Jan. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa.

Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael dies at 93

Catholic Review Staff

January 18, 2018

Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael was offered Jan. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 71 years, Sister Mary Teresa died Dec. 28 at Assisi House, at age 93.

Latam Airlines employees Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriaga, 41, and Paula Podest Ruiz, 39, kiss after being married by Pope Francis aboard his flight from Santiago, Chile, to Lima, Peru, Jan. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope marries couple on flight during Chilean trip

Junno Arocho Esteves

January 18, 2018

Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Love was literally in the air as Pope Francis performed an impromptu wedding ceremony at 36,000 feet aboard his flight in Chile.

Pope Francis meets with priests, religious and seminarians at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope to Chilean clergy: Sexual abuse a ‘great and painful evil’

Junno Arocho Esteves

January 17, 2018

News, Pope Francis, Vatican, Vocations, World News

The Holy Father recognized the efforts of the country’s priests and religious to respond to sexual abuse claims and he said he knew sometimes innocent priests and men and women religious are viewed with suspicion.

‘No one can replace a mother,’ Chilean inmate tells Pope Francis

Jane Chambers

January 17, 2018

Feature, News, Pope Francis, Respect Life, Vatican, World News

When mothers are in prison, “children are the ones who suffer the most,” a female inmate at San Joaquin Women’s Prison told Pope Francis Jan. 16.

Shopping with kids: When you have your own purse-onal shopper

Rita Buettner

January 16, 2018

Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized

I’ve reached a whole new place in parenting. Today if I get to choose, I do not want to shop alone. I want to bring a child along.

Kristen Wiig and Matt Damon star in a scene from the movie "Downsizing." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Paramount)

The surprising message of ‘Downsizing’

Bishop Robert Barron

January 16, 2018

Blog, Word on Fire

It is precisely religious faith that will awaken courage and compassion, and it is precisely the lack of faith that conduces, by a short road, to spiritual and psychological exhaustion—both in the individual and in a culture.

Survey: Women say Eucharist, helping poor is what it means to be Catholic

Beth Griffin

January 16, 2018

News, World News

American Catholic women are increasingly disengaged from the church although they remain affiliated and say helping the poor and receiving the Eucharist are the most important aspects of what it means to be Catholic.

Mrs. Rosanna Rensberger

Lauren Robinson

January 16, 2018

Year of the Teacher

(St. John Regional Catholic School) Commitment and Dedication Foster Love of Learning Mrs. Rosanna Rensberger, from St. John Regional Catholic School (SJRCS) in Frederick, wears a variety of hats, and puts her heart and soul into everything she does. Mrs. Rensberger is the QUEST teacher at SJRCS, which is a program that recognizes the gifts […]

Cardinal O’Brien March for Life

Michael Weschler

January 16, 2018

Uncategorized

The Catholic Review A year ago I was named by the Holy Father a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education (and Seminaries), surely an honor and a privilege. The next full session of that Congregation will be held at the Vatican this month, January 20, 21, and 22. As a result, I regrettably will […]

At the Jan. 14 Life Is Beautiful Mass, Archdiocese of Baltimore respect life coordinators Stacy Gold, left, and Natasha Wilson, lead a procession of red roses in memory of those lost to abortion since the Roe v. Wade decision. The Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Mass celebrates the beauty of life, remembers those lost

Emily Rosenthal Alster

January 16, 2018

Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

More than 1.5 million hands have held the pro-life brochures created by Linda Brenegan, former director of the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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