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Radio Interview: Faith and America’s pastime – ‘Baseball: Beyond Belief’ Catholic Review Staff March 23, 2026 Catholic Review Editor and Host Chris Gunty speaks with filmmaker John Scheinfeld, writer and director of the new documentary Baseball Beyond Belief. Inspired by John Sexton’s bestselling book “Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game,” the film explores how faith, ritual, doubt, and community shape both spiritual life and baseball fandom.
Pregnancy center director’s vision offers hope over fear George P. Matysek Jr. March 23, 2026 Stories like Franzoni’s are the reason Cindi Ritter spent two decades leading Pregnancy Center North. As executive director, Ritter helped shape the center into a place designed to meet women in their most vulnerable moments – and walk alongside them long after that first appointment. Ritter retired Dec. 31.
New director answers call at Pregnancy Center North George P. Matysek Jr. March 23, 2026 Rachel Soto now leads Pregnancy Center North as its executive director, stepping into the role Jan. 1. She succeeds her friend and mentor, Cindi Ritter.
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.
Report shows Cardinal Wojtyla’s actions were ‘exemplary’ in abuse cases, refuting previous claims Paulina Guzik March 23, 2026 “Our research shows that Cardinal Karol Wojtyla did not transfer priests from parish to parish when he learned of their criminal activities, but he took quick action, and some of his decisions were above-standard for the time,” the March 13 report’s lead said.
U.S. bishops call on House to advance bill to investigate Indian boarding school legacy OSV News March 23, 2026 Chairmen of several U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees wrote in a letter to key House lawmakers that they support a bill that would establish an effort to investigate and document the histories and practices of Indian boarding schools, and their long-term effects on Native American peoples.
Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerable Courtney Mares March 23, 2026 Pope Leo XIV declared Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, venerable on March 23, recognizing his heroic virtue and moving him one step closer to sainthood.
Marriage requires ‘personal encounter with Christ,’ community and witness, says cardinal Gina Christian March 23, 2026 Marriage, like every vocation, “can only arise from a personal encounter with Christ,” with the Church offering the “precious tools” of community and witness to foster that experience, said the head of the Vatican’s key office for marriage and family life.
Why does the Annunciation loom so large in Catholicism? Elizabeth Scalia March 23, 2026 The Annunciation is the full-on proof of Augustine’s words: “God created us without us, but he will not save us without us.” Just as God’s own Word of assent was necessary for the creation and sustained expansion of the universe, Mary’s “yes” was necessary to its salvation.
What I have done and what I have failed to do Rita Buettner March 23, 2026 I’m on a quest to attend 226 Masses during 2026. So, back at the end of January, I decided to try to go to Mass every day of February. February is the shortest month, so I thought maybe I would have a chance at hitting that goal. But going every day is a real challenge for me, and I didn’t pull it off. I missed five days out of the…
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.
