House approves bill limiting payments to victims of child sexual abuse April 3, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News The Maryland House passed a bill April 3 that makes significant changes to the Child Victims Act, lowering the limits for future lawsuits for sexual abuse of a minor and limiting the civil damages to each claimant, rather than each incident of alleged abuse. The bill now moves to the Maryland Senate for action before the session ends April 7.
First-of-its-kind sensory room at church welcomes neurodivergent parishioners April 3, 2025By Sean Quinn OSV News Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, World News St. Joseph Church in Maplewood opened its Still Waters Sensory Room for neurodivergent parishioners last December. Percy now has a calming place he can go to whenever he needs a break during the liturgy.
St. John Paul II tirelessly served church, embraced world, cardinal says April 2, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his blessing, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.
Finding answers in faith: Surge of young adults entering Catholic Church April 2, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Shawn Pourifarsi joined UMBC’s Catholic Retrievers as a freshman and began Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) sessions his sophomore year. Now, he and eight others are preparing to enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.
St. John Paul II drives cause of freedom for humankind 20 years after death, say world leaders April 1, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News As the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s death approached April 2, top world leaders and thinkers gathered in Poznan, Poland, to discuss his legacy.
Pope stable; his lung infection slightly improved, Vatican says April 1, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ condition remains stable, and an X-ray showed there has been a slight improvement regarding his lingering lung infection, the Vatican press office said.
Pope continues to govern the church, says Vatican secretary of state March 31, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Even on his worst days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis was governing the Catholic Church, although on some days, he did not seem to have the energy to sign his full name, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Radio Interview: Why Dante’s ‘Inferno’ matters today March 31, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview In this episode of Catholic Review Radio, host George Matysek speaks with Jason M. Baxter, a professor and executive director of the Center for Beauty and Culture at Benedictine College in Kansas. A convert to Catholicism, Baxter recently published a new English translation of “Inferno” through Angelico Press.
Toddler’s recovery from drowning attributed to Blessed McGivney novena March 31, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Saints, World News An Arizona couple whose toddler survived a drowning incident March 2 is attributing his miraculous recovery to intercessions from Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, along with a multitude of saints and what they count as thousands of prayers from across the country and the world.
As Kansas Catholics pray, a Satanic group’s ‘black mass’ turns violent, with arrests March 31, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments A Satanic group’s effort to conduct a “black mass” at the Kansas Statehouse March 28 turned violent, leading to arrests, while across the street the state’s Catholic archbishop led hundreds in peaceful prayer before the Eucharist for those who “seek to mock our merciful God.”
St. John Paul II’s worldview spreads to new generations via camping, YouTube, travel March 30, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Saints, World News Camp Wojtyla is one of numerous Catholic organizations in the U.S. inspired by St. John Paul and his deep faith, intellect and cultural perception, and dedicated to his model of evangelization.
Seitz: U.S. policy shift making migrants fearful, creating a less welcoming nation March 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News OSV News interviewed Bishop Mark J. Seitz, who heads that diocese, for his thoughts on current U.S. immigration policy and the challenges faced by those he serves in his borderlands community. Bishop Seitz currently chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration.
