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This is part of the cover of a pastoral letter by Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, N.Y. The pastoral letter, titled "Ya Gotta Believe," recounts the New York Mets' improbable World Series championship in 1969 and how it can inspire the Catholic Church to a new era of evangelization. (CNS photo/Diocese of Rockville Centre)

Bishop Barres says ‘Amazin’ Mets’ of ’69, who defeated Orioles for championship, can inspire church to evangelize

Catholic News Service
October 3, 2019
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The New York Mets’ improbable World Series championship in 1969 can inspire the Catholic Church to a new era of evangelization, Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Center wrote in a new pastoral letter.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his wife Susan, and Callista Gingrich, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, listen to a tour guide as they visit the Sala Regia at the Vatican Oct. 2, 2019. Secretary of State Pompeo toured the Vatican after speaking at a symposium sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See at the Vatican. The symposium focused on areas of collaboration between the U.S. and the Vatican including the causes of advancing religious freedom and fighting against human trafficking. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. officials seek greater cooperation with Vatican on religious freedom

Carol Glatz
October 3, 2019
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Promoting religious freedom, providing humanitarian assistance and fighting human trafficking are three major issues the Vatican and the U.S. administration agree on and on which they will continue to coordinate efforts, panelists said at a joint symposium.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of the Guardian Angels; Mass of Discernment

Archbishop William E. Lori
October 2, 2019
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Perhaps our angels are not as famous as Gabriel nor even as famous as the angel Clarence in Frank Capra’s movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. Nonetheless, our angels are attending us, just as surely as they attended Jesus, and they are delivering to your minds and hearts a message from God, a message of audacious hope, hope that is charged with the boldness of the Gospel

Panelist Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore since 2012, answers a question during the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum titled “‘Rebuild My Church’: Crisis and Response,” with a discussion on “The Church Crisis: Where Are We Now?” held at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Sept. 25. (Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame)

Results released from independent investigation of Diocese of Bridgeport

Julie Asher
October 1, 2019
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The report found that Bishop Lori took “immediate and strong steps,” removing abusive priests, instituting organizational procedures for preventing and responding to abuse and beginning “meaningful outreach efforts to survivors for the first time in the diocese’s history.”

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis receives the body of Archbishop Harry J. Flynn at the start of his funeral Mass Sept. 30, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul. The retired archbishop of St . Paul and Minneapolis died Sept. 22, 2019, in St. Paul at age 86. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit)

At Archbishop Flynn’s funeral, Archbishop Lori fondly recalls friend’s ministry

Catholic News Service
October 1, 2019
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A funeral Mass attended by more than 2,000 people, including a dozen bishops and a U.S. cardinal, hundreds of laypeople, priests, seminarians, religious brothers and sisters, was made intimate by warmhearted stories and heartfelt prayers for the late Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

The combined choirs from Krieger Schechter Day School and Cardinal Shehan School perform for hundreds of guests attending the 2019 Catholic Schools Gala Sept. 28 at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Schools gala keeps creating Catholic scholarships in Baltimore Archdiocese

Catholic Review Staff
September 30, 2019
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The 11th annual gala for Archdiocese of Baltimore schools Sept. 28 saw more than $720,000 raised in scholarships funds, raising to approximately $8 million the effort has brought in since its inaugural in 2009, one that had already created more than 1,300 scholarships for students in need.

A young woman studies the Bible at St. Mary of Celle Parish in Berwyn, Ill., in this March 18, 2009, file photo. To help the church grow in love and faithful witness to God, Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the word of God. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catolico)

Pope declares special Sunday each year dedicated to word of God

Carol Glatz
September 30, 2019
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To help the church grow in love and faithful witness to God, Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the word of God.

Sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz poses with his statue after Pope Francis celebrated a Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2019. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Christians have ‘moral duty’ to help migrants, refugees, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves
September 30, 2019
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Christians have a moral obligation to show God’s care for all those who are marginalized, especially migrants and refugees, Pope Francis said.

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