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Vance ‘looking forward to reading’ Pope Leo’s AI encyclical

Vance ‘looking forward to reading’ Pope Leo’s AI encyclical

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

Archbishop Broglio highlights faith, service at annual memorial Mass for Catholic war dead

Archbishop Broglio highlights faith, service at annual memorial Mass for Catholic war dead

Catholic high school students experience professions firsthand

Catholic high school students experience professions firsthand

Parish scarred by clergy abuse creates memorial for survivors

Parish scarred by clergy abuse creates memorial for survivors

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Catholic high school students experience professions firsthand

Katie V. Jones

May 19, 2026

Gaining firsthand experience in a career before committing time and money can offer valuable insight for students still weighing their futures. Through high school internship and mentorship programs, students can explore a range of fields while learning more about their own interests and strengths.

Archbishop Lori ordains 12 transitional deacons

Katie V. Jones

May 18, 2026

Their ordination as transitional deacons is the final step before they are expected to be ordained to the priesthood next year. 

Radio Interview: Saying yes to God’s plan

Catholic Review Staff

May 18, 2026

Mark Viviano talks with Gregg Landry, founder of Blue Rock Productions and president of the Catholic Business Network of Baltimore, about how a single reflection question at a men’s faith group – what have you said no to that could have been a blessing? – led Landry to eucharistic ministry at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore and, eventually, prison ministry.

Archdiocese of Baltimore names teachers of the year

Katie V. Jones

May 18, 2026

The Archdiocese of Baltimore recognized three teachers of the year May 7 with surprise visits to their classrooms by their principals and Gregory Farno, chancellor for archdiocese schools.

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Vance ‘looking forward to reading’ Pope Leo’s AI encyclical

Kate Scanlon

May 19, 2026

Vice President JD Vance said May 19 during a press briefing at the White House that he is “looking forward to reading” Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” addressing artificial intelligence.

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

Kate Scanlon

May 19, 2026

A group of Catholic ministries asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit May 18 to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.

Archbishop Broglio highlights faith, service at annual memorial Mass for Catholic war dead

Katherine Ruddy

May 19, 2026

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, archbishop of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, was the principal celebrant and homilist, assisted by military chaplains and priests.

Parish scarred by clergy abuse creates memorial for survivors

Gina Christian

May 19, 2026

When he became pastor of St. Cecilia Parish in Philadelphia some four years ago, Father Christopher Walsh discerned “the need for something to bring healing.”

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I’m OK, you’re OK…well we’re mostly OK (on springtime transitions)

Rita Buettner

May 18, 2026

I wouldn’t want to hold our children back. Or maybe I would, just a little bit, to keep them close a little longer.

Question Corner: Are parish priests allowed to do confirmations?

Jenna Marie Cooper

May 18, 2026

The short answer is that while the Latin (a.k.a. “Roman”) Catholic Church normally envisions a bishop as being the minister of confirmation, there are some scenarios where a simple priest is able to celebrate this sacrament.

Cardinal Gibbons: Baltimore’s effective advocate for American Catholicism’s Americanization

Russell Shaw

May 16, 2026

In a long, fruitful career as leader of the American hierarchy, Cardinal Gibbons combined diplomacy, patriotism and a canny understanding of human nature in a manner that made him the most effective advocate before or since of the Americanization of American Catholicism. To him more than anyone, the Catholic Church owes both the advantages and the unintended consequences of assimilation into American secular culture.

Food packed in lunchboxes

The Final School Lunch

Rita Buettner

May 14, 2026

Forever ago—or maybe it was just the other day—I packed a lunchbox for my 4-year-old to take to school.

A surprise painting

Rita Buettner

May 14, 2026

“I love thinking of how God was watching, guiding us toward one another, always knowing how it would come together. He must have enjoyed seeing how we connected over a much-loved painting of a little girl and a dog.”

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