She sings – and plants make the music Radio Interview: Protecting the Environment Israel to allow Church leaders to celebrate Holy Week, Easter at holy sites, Latin patriarchate says National Eucharistic Pilgrimage seeks to be a sacred journey for U.S. at 250 years Maryland’s Archbishop John Carroll: A Catholic bridge-builder in a fledgling nation Local News She sings – and plants make the music George P. Matysek Jr. March 30, 2026 It won’t be anything like the carnivorous alien plant that crooned Motown in “Little Shop of Horrors,” but an upcoming concert at St. Louis in Clarksville promises something almost as unusual: music made with the help of plants. Radio Interview: Protecting the Environment Catholic Review Staff March 30, 2026 In this Earth Day-themed episode of Catholic Review Radio, host George Matysek explores how faith can inspire care for creation through the perspectives of two guests. Fixed up and polished, Havre de Grace church ready for Easter Katie V. Jones March 26, 2026 Father Francis Ouma sees the imprint of parishioners everywhere inside the newly renovated St. Patrick Church in Havre de Grace – in every restored surface and carefully renewed detail. School Sisters of Notre Dame sell Villa Assumpta to Baltimore senior housing nonprofit Jay Sorgi March 26, 2026 Villa Assumpta, the longtime regional motherhouse for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, will be redeveloped into a nonprofit continuing care community for senior living. More Local News World News Pope Leo XIV introduces changes in Secretariat of State leadership Junno Arocho Esteves March 30, 2026 Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute secretary for general affairs at the Vatican Secretariat of State, as the apostolic nuncio to Italy and the Republic of San Marino, the Vatican said. ‘Lay down your weapons,” pope says in Palm Sunday call for peace Josephine Peterson March 30, 2026 Marking the start of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV used his first Palm Sunday Mass to issue a forceful plea for peace, urging an end to war as he reflected on Christ’s Passion. Jerusalem Church leaders decry escalating war, urge peace efforts amid ‘deep darkness’ Paulina Guzik March 30, 2026 On the threshold of Holy Week and amid the U.S. and Israel-Iran war gaining new fronts, and harvesting new victims daily, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued an annual Easter message, calling the war an “expanding wreckage” and its timing a “deep darkness.” ‘Proclaim the Gospel of life,’ Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era Courtney Mares March 30, 2026 In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its center.” More World News Commentary The slow work Rita Buettner March 30, 2026 As much as we want to keep trying to fix a problem, maybe this is the time to hand it over to God. We can place whatever is troubling us into his hands, trusting that he will walk with us, moving mountains we cannot move and preparing us for the next step on our journey. Four ways to observe the Triduum like the early Christians James L. Papandrea March 30, 2026 What we call “Easter” is not only for the moment, as if it can just come and go like any other weekend. It’s about the past, present and future. Good Friday adoration: Jesus kisses us from the cross Father Romanus Cessario March 30, 2026 From the cross, the Innocent One, the Lamb without blemish, embraces his own suffering, mystical body. Wherever sin runs deep in our souls, Jesus heals it. It’s Holy Week and You’re Right on Time Rita Buettner March 29, 2026 Whether you have been preparing since Ash Wednesday or are just deciding that you want to shift into a new mode now, the moment is yours. How Triduum can strengthen love for Eucharist Christopher Carstens March 29, 2026 Jesus’ Paschal sacrifice is made really, truly present before our praying eyes on the altar at every Mass. And even after Mass, his body, blood, soul and divinity remain in our midst in the tabernacle. The Triduum attunes us to this reality each year. More Commentary Featured Video The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), home to the largest public collection of Matisse’s work in the world, will open an exhibition March 29 featuring a rare group of preparatory drawings for the artist’s Stations of the Cross. The exhibition runs through June 28 and includes more than 80 drawings that trace the development of the monumental work.
She sings – and plants make the music George P. Matysek Jr. March 30, 2026 It won’t be anything like the carnivorous alien plant that crooned Motown in “Little Shop of Horrors,” but an upcoming concert at St. Louis in Clarksville promises something almost as unusual: music made with the help of plants.
Radio Interview: Protecting the Environment Catholic Review Staff March 30, 2026 In this Earth Day-themed episode of Catholic Review Radio, host George Matysek explores how faith can inspire care for creation through the perspectives of two guests.
Fixed up and polished, Havre de Grace church ready for Easter Katie V. Jones March 26, 2026 Father Francis Ouma sees the imprint of parishioners everywhere inside the newly renovated St. Patrick Church in Havre de Grace – in every restored surface and carefully renewed detail.
School Sisters of Notre Dame sell Villa Assumpta to Baltimore senior housing nonprofit Jay Sorgi March 26, 2026 Villa Assumpta, the longtime regional motherhouse for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, will be redeveloped into a nonprofit continuing care community for senior living.
Pope Leo XIV introduces changes in Secretariat of State leadership Junno Arocho Esteves March 30, 2026 Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute secretary for general affairs at the Vatican Secretariat of State, as the apostolic nuncio to Italy and the Republic of San Marino, the Vatican said.
‘Lay down your weapons,” pope says in Palm Sunday call for peace Josephine Peterson March 30, 2026 Marking the start of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV used his first Palm Sunday Mass to issue a forceful plea for peace, urging an end to war as he reflected on Christ’s Passion.
Jerusalem Church leaders decry escalating war, urge peace efforts amid ‘deep darkness’ Paulina Guzik March 30, 2026 On the threshold of Holy Week and amid the U.S. and Israel-Iran war gaining new fronts, and harvesting new victims daily, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued an annual Easter message, calling the war an “expanding wreckage” and its timing a “deep darkness.”
‘Proclaim the Gospel of life,’ Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era Courtney Mares March 30, 2026 In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its center.”
The slow work Rita Buettner March 30, 2026 As much as we want to keep trying to fix a problem, maybe this is the time to hand it over to God. We can place whatever is troubling us into his hands, trusting that he will walk with us, moving mountains we cannot move and preparing us for the next step on our journey.
Four ways to observe the Triduum like the early Christians James L. Papandrea March 30, 2026 What we call “Easter” is not only for the moment, as if it can just come and go like any other weekend. It’s about the past, present and future.
Good Friday adoration: Jesus kisses us from the cross Father Romanus Cessario March 30, 2026 From the cross, the Innocent One, the Lamb without blemish, embraces his own suffering, mystical body. Wherever sin runs deep in our souls, Jesus heals it.
It’s Holy Week and You’re Right on Time Rita Buettner March 29, 2026 Whether you have been preparing since Ash Wednesday or are just deciding that you want to shift into a new mode now, the moment is yours.
How Triduum can strengthen love for Eucharist Christopher Carstens March 29, 2026 Jesus’ Paschal sacrifice is made really, truly present before our praying eyes on the altar at every Mass. And even after Mass, his body, blood, soul and divinity remain in our midst in the tabernacle. The Triduum attunes us to this reality each year.
