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What exactly is an encyclical?

What exactly is an encyclical?

Loyola receives $500,000 grant for York Road trust-building initiative 

Loyola receives $500,000 grant for York Road trust-building initiative 

Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says

The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says

Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance

Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance

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Loyola receives $500,000 grant for York Road trust-building initiative 

Catholic Review Staff

May 20, 2026

Loyola University Maryland has received a $500,000 Trust in Practice Award from the Aspen Institute’s Alliance for Social Trust and the Allstate Foundation to launch Rooted in Trust, a new initiative aimed at strengthening social trust along the York Road corridor in North Baltimore.

Sacred Heart 6th grader wins Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools Spelling Bee

Catholic Review Staff

May 20, 2026

Taryn Langley, a sixth grader at Sacred Heart School in Glyndon spelled stimuli and serrated correctly to win the 2026 Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools Spelling Bee at St. Joseph School in Cockeysville May 18.

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. 

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What exactly is an encyclical?

Father Joseph Parisi

May 20, 2026

An encyclical is a pastoral letter addressed by the pope to the whole Church. Encyclical letters generally address matters of faith or morals, encourage a particular commemoration or pious devotion, or deal with matters of Church discipline which are to be universally observed.

Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

Katherine Ruddy

May 20, 2026

A group of U.S. bishops, most from the U.S.-Mexico border region, wrote a May 20 letter to members of Congress expressing “grave concern” with budget legislation that would provide an additional $72 billion for immigration enforcement.

The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says

Carol Glatz

May 20, 2026

Christ is present in the liturgy — in the word that is proclaimed, in the sacraments, in the ministers, in the community and most of all in the Eucharist, Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance

Courtney Mares

May 20, 2026

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of perseverance, warning that too many young people “disappear from the parish” after receiving the sacrament.

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Two boys with backpacks walk on a sidewalk to school

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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