Radio Interview: Faith, community and a new school year As Pope Leo marks birthday, more positive views of US Catholics may be on horizon, says scholar ‘Remarkable victory’: Life advocates welcome defeat of assisted suicide bill in England and Wales 2 decades after Regensburg, Church leaders say Pope Benedict’s speech was misinterpreted but prophetic Pope Leo commemorates 9/11, praying for all who ‘bear wounds of that tragic day’ Local News Radio Interview: Faith, community and a new school year Catholic Review Staff September 14, 2026 Christopher Gunty talks with Gregory Farno, chancellor for education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and School Sister of Notre Dame Patricia McCarron, superintendent of Catholic Education, about the start of the school year, what makes Catholic schools distinctive and how they support students academically, spiritually and socially. 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Radio Interview: Faith, community and a new school year Catholic Review Staff September 14, 2026 Christopher Gunty talks with Gregory Farno, chancellor for education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and School Sister of Notre Dame Patricia McCarron, superintendent of Catholic Education, about the start of the school year, what makes Catholic schools distinctive and how they support students academically, spiritually and socially.
Second annual festival highlights stories of candidates of canonization Jenna Mattern September 14, 2026 The path to sainthood has something in common with a trial: There is testimony, evidence, historical investigation and a formal tribunal. But in the Church’s process of canonization, the goal is not to find someone guilty or innocent. It is to uncover evidence of holiness.
21 receive papal honors Katie V. Jones September 14, 2026 A sense of joy filled the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sept. 9. As family and friends applauded and cheered, Archbishop William E. Lori, himself smiling brightly, bestowed honors from Pope Leo XIV to 21 members of the laity, clergy and religious of the Archdiocese of Baltimore during solemn lauds (morning prayer).
Legatus puts faith to work Christopher Gunty September 14, 2026 Stephen Peroutka knows that Catholics who are business executives are busy, and likely already involved in a few – or more than a few – business and civic organizations. But he still wants them to consider joining Legatus, an international organization of leaders who want to be ambassadors for Christ.
As Pope Leo marks birthday, more positive views of US Catholics may be on horizon, says scholar Gina Christian September 14, 2026 As the first U.S.-born pope marked his birthday, a Catholic scholar told OSV News he sees a potential shift toward more positive views of Catholicism in the U.S. compared to the past two decades.
‘Remarkable victory’: Life advocates welcome defeat of assisted suicide bill in England and Wales Simon Caldwell September 14, 2026 The Catholic Church in England and Wales has welcomed the defeat of a bill to legalize assisted suicide.
2 decades after Regensburg, Church leaders say Pope Benedict’s speech was misinterpreted but prophetic Junno Arocho Esteves September 14, 2026 Of all the discourses he delivered in his nearly eight-year pontificate — with the exception of his 2013 resignation — Pope Benedict XVI’s Sept. 12, 2006, address at the University of Regensburg sparked unprecedented global reaction.
Pope Leo commemorates 9/11, praying for all who ‘bear wounds of that tragic day’ Courtney Mares September 14, 2026 Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in his Sunday Angelus address, praying for “those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day.”
Our mother in joy and sorrow Rita Buettner September 13, 2026 Mary knows the breadth of joy and she knows the depth of sorrow. She understands how to accompany us through life’s joys and sorrows.
Pondering what Gloria Steinem now knows Elizabeth Scalia September 9, 2026 It is understandable that so many attributed the words to Steinem, who died Sept. 2 at age 92; not only did she gleefully repeat them, her own rhetoric echoed or expanded on the sentiments as she became the face of second wave feminism for six decades.
Question Corner: Can I receive Communion even if I didn’t attend the whole Mass? Jenna Marie Cooper September 9, 2026 Q: I’m a Catholic working at a funeral home and assisting at many Catholic funerals. I’m not always in the church for the entirety of Mass. I’m sometimes out during the Gospel and homily or after Communion since I’m helping with the arrangements. Since it’s not fulfilling my Sunday obligation, is it still OK for me to receive Communion to offer up for the deceased if I’m not there for the entire Mass? (Illinois)
Fellowship renewed Carole Norris Greene September 8, 2026 Some may never meet Deacon Woodus, but they’d be sharing his mission, which includes helping to meet the charges laid out in Archbishop Lori’s pastoral reflections “The Enduring Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Principles of Nonviolence” and “The Journey to Racial Justice: Repentance, Healing and Action.”
Remembering 9/11 Archbishop William E. Lori September 7, 2026 Twenty-five years ago, I was the newly installed Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn. I was still learning the rhythm of my new diocese – its priests, its people and its parishes – when routine meetings called me away to Washington, D.C., for a conference. It concluded Sept. 10, 2001. I flew back to the New York area with two friends, looking forward to spending the following day together.
