America at 250: Celebrating both a birthday and a history of religious liberty Loyola University Maryland honors Archbishop Lori with Andrew White Medal House speaker defends role of religion in public life at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Catholic hoops at the highest level take over this year’s March Madness Parishes from Archdiocese of Baltimore help Haiti in time of crisis Local News Loyola University Maryland receives $3 million to boost internships, support faculty formation Catholic Review Staff March 20, 2026 Loyola University Maryland announced it received a $3 million gift from Kelly Bryan Rizzo (Class of 1998) and Dan Rizzo (Class of 1999) that will help strengthen student career development and faculty formation. Loyola University Maryland honors Archbishop Lori with Andrew White Medal Katie V. Jones March 20, 2026 Archbishop William E. Lori arrived at Loyola University Maryland March 17 with little green to show for St. Patrick’s Day other than a pair of cufflinks he rarely wears. Parishes from Archdiocese of Baltimore help Haiti in time of crisis Katie V. Jones March 19, 2026 The Archdiocese of Baltimore entered a partnership with the Diocese of Gonaïves in Haiti in 1997, encouraging parishes to form relationships with Haitian parishes and schools through spiritual, financial and hands-on support. Annual visits were once common, with parishioners traveling to Haiti to assist with projects and participate in Mass. Registration opens for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s public events OSV News March 18, 2026 Registration for public events during the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage opened March 18, revealing abundant opportunities for Catholics to join the nine “perpetual pilgrims” traveling the East Coast route from Florida to Maine that culminates in an Independence Day weekend celebration in Philadelphia and includes a stop in Baltimore. More Local News World News At 10, ‘Amoris Laetitia’ still shapes landscape for marriage, family ministries Kimberly Heatherington March 22, 2026 Released in April 2016, “Amoris Laetitia” is a lengthy papal missive on married life and love, children, extended family, education and related challenges, with special attention to integrating wounded or marginalized families into the life of the Church. Pope’s visit to show that Christianity is asset, not danger, for Algeria, bishop says Ngala Killian Chimton March 22, 2026 As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit Algeria as the first stop of his apostolic trip to Africa April 13–23, Bishop Michel Guillaud of Constantine-Hippone told OSV News the Holy Father’s presence will demonstrate that Christianity “is an asset and not a danger” to Algeria. Denver’s Regis University names woman as new president in historic first for Jesuit-run school OSV News March 21, 2026 The university announced March 9 that Cooper Whitehead, currently serving as vice president of student affairs at Jesuit-run Boston College, will become its 29th president on July 1. Former astrologer rediscovers Catholic roots, will enter full communion with Church at Easter Daniel Meloy March 21, 2026 Molly Curtis was always a spiritual person, reading the Bible, studying other religious texts, finding wisdom in Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies. But while she found wisdom, she didn’t find peace. More World News Commentary What are the three holy oils? D.D. Emmons March 22, 2026 The Church makes use of three holy oils: the oil of the sick, the oil of the catechumens and the holy chrism oil. The first two are blessed, and the bishop consecrates the third, ordinarily during the annual chrism Mass. Each has a distinctive purpose in the Church. Archbishop John Hughes: A new breed of bishop for the 19th century Russell Shaw March 21, 2026 John Hughes reigned — the word fits his style — as Archbishop of New York from December 1842 until his death in January 1864. In that time he established himself in the eyes of his fellow Americans as a Catholic bishop unlike any they’d seen up to then. When Lent is extra Lenty, you need Holy Week even more Laura Kelly Fanucci March 20, 2026 In the years when life becomes extra Lenty, the gift of the Triduum becomes even more clear. As a Church we enter completely into the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. Question Corner: How do you proceed if an ex refuses to be a part of the annulment process? Jenna Marie Cooper March 19, 2026 An important principle in the Church’s law regarding the marriage nullity process is treating both spouses as fairly as possible. Three great Lenten themes George Weigel March 18, 2026 Lent thus reminds us that salvation history does not consist in humanity’s search for God, but in God’s entrance into history so that humanity may learn to take the same path into the future that God is taking. More Commentary Featured Video Cardinal Edwin O’Brien — a former Vietnam War chaplain and archbishop of Baltimore who later served as Archbishop for the Military Services and as a Vatican cardinal charged with a mission to the Holy Land — spent decades ministering to American soldiers and to Catholic communities around the world. In this conversation, recorded at Catholic News Service in Rome, he reflects on jumping from helicopters to reach troops in Vietnam, the discipline and faith forged in war, his role helping reform seminaries after the 2002 clerical sex abuse crisis, and the Church’s mission amid global conflict. Recorded just days before the United States entered a new war with Iran, the cardinal offers a perspective shaped by a lifetime on the front lines of pastoral ministry: that suffering endured with faith can become a powerful witness beyond the Church’s walls.
Loyola University Maryland receives $3 million to boost internships, support faculty formation Catholic Review Staff March 20, 2026 Loyola University Maryland announced it received a $3 million gift from Kelly Bryan Rizzo (Class of 1998) and Dan Rizzo (Class of 1999) that will help strengthen student career development and faculty formation.
Loyola University Maryland honors Archbishop Lori with Andrew White Medal Katie V. Jones March 20, 2026 Archbishop William E. Lori arrived at Loyola University Maryland March 17 with little green to show for St. Patrick’s Day other than a pair of cufflinks he rarely wears.
Parishes from Archdiocese of Baltimore help Haiti in time of crisis Katie V. Jones March 19, 2026 The Archdiocese of Baltimore entered a partnership with the Diocese of Gonaïves in Haiti in 1997, encouraging parishes to form relationships with Haitian parishes and schools through spiritual, financial and hands-on support. Annual visits were once common, with parishioners traveling to Haiti to assist with projects and participate in Mass.
Registration opens for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s public events OSV News March 18, 2026 Registration for public events during the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage opened March 18, revealing abundant opportunities for Catholics to join the nine “perpetual pilgrims” traveling the East Coast route from Florida to Maine that culminates in an Independence Day weekend celebration in Philadelphia and includes a stop in Baltimore.
At 10, ‘Amoris Laetitia’ still shapes landscape for marriage, family ministries Kimberly Heatherington March 22, 2026 Released in April 2016, “Amoris Laetitia” is a lengthy papal missive on married life and love, children, extended family, education and related challenges, with special attention to integrating wounded or marginalized families into the life of the Church.
Pope’s visit to show that Christianity is asset, not danger, for Algeria, bishop says Ngala Killian Chimton March 22, 2026 As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit Algeria as the first stop of his apostolic trip to Africa April 13–23, Bishop Michel Guillaud of Constantine-Hippone told OSV News the Holy Father’s presence will demonstrate that Christianity “is an asset and not a danger” to Algeria.
Denver’s Regis University names woman as new president in historic first for Jesuit-run school OSV News March 21, 2026 The university announced March 9 that Cooper Whitehead, currently serving as vice president of student affairs at Jesuit-run Boston College, will become its 29th president on July 1.
Former astrologer rediscovers Catholic roots, will enter full communion with Church at Easter Daniel Meloy March 21, 2026 Molly Curtis was always a spiritual person, reading the Bible, studying other religious texts, finding wisdom in Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies. But while she found wisdom, she didn’t find peace.
What are the three holy oils? D.D. Emmons March 22, 2026 The Church makes use of three holy oils: the oil of the sick, the oil of the catechumens and the holy chrism oil. The first two are blessed, and the bishop consecrates the third, ordinarily during the annual chrism Mass. Each has a distinctive purpose in the Church.
Archbishop John Hughes: A new breed of bishop for the 19th century Russell Shaw March 21, 2026 John Hughes reigned — the word fits his style — as Archbishop of New York from December 1842 until his death in January 1864. In that time he established himself in the eyes of his fellow Americans as a Catholic bishop unlike any they’d seen up to then.
When Lent is extra Lenty, you need Holy Week even more Laura Kelly Fanucci March 20, 2026 In the years when life becomes extra Lenty, the gift of the Triduum becomes even more clear. As a Church we enter completely into the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Question Corner: How do you proceed if an ex refuses to be a part of the annulment process? Jenna Marie Cooper March 19, 2026 An important principle in the Church’s law regarding the marriage nullity process is treating both spouses as fairly as possible.
Three great Lenten themes George Weigel March 18, 2026 Lent thus reminds us that salvation history does not consist in humanity’s search for God, but in God’s entrance into history so that humanity may learn to take the same path into the future that God is taking.
