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6+ hour, 30+ min ago  (251+ words) Special to The Message Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has announced the following clergy assignments in the Diocese of Evansville, effective June 24, unless otherwise noted. Fr. Crispine Adongo has been assigned as pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Newburgh. Fr. Dusty…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago  (1028+ words) MIAMI | Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski joked that he became a priest "so that I would not have to listen to another priest preach," drawing laughter from the congregation gathered May 15 at St. Mary's Cathedral to celebrate his 50 years of priesthood....

3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (638+ words) Papal encyclicals are a powerful way the pope shapes global debates and articulates Church doctrine, but how should Catholics understand them? With the announcement of Pope Leo XIV's first papal encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: "On the Protection of Human Dignity in…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (700+ words) Church Calendar announcements may be submitted to the Herald by mail, ATTENTION: Items submitted for ongoing events will run two weeks and may be resubmitted every three months. ANNUAL MEMORIAL Weekend Potluck Picnic for Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Statesboro will…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (463+ words) Analytics cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use these cookies to understand which articles get the most traffic, for example. (OSV News) " An encyclical is a pastoral letter addressed…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (168+ words) (Horizon Media / VATICAN ) " During his weekly General Audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV renewed his call for peace in Lebanon and across the Middle East while welcoming Aram I to St. Peter's Square. Addressing the faithful gathered…...

1+ hour ago  (414+ words) Pope Leo XIV greets Armenian Catholicos Aram I at the beginning of the General Audience Pope Leo XIV greeted His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church - See of Cilicia, during the Wednesday General Audience. Catholicos Aram I…...

35+ min ago  (258+ words) May 20 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV will release the first encyclical of his papacy next week, the Vatican announced Wednesday. Magnifica Humanitas will address artificial intelligence and human dignity. The title of the encyclical (a pastoral letter written to the church)…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (917+ words) May 20, 2026 Madalaine Elhabbal The Dispatch 3 Print A group of Catholic and Christian faith leaders said it has been granted daily access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois, since May 15 under a milestone agreement with immigration…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (351+ words) The first of a series of drop-in thematic online sessions of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Officers Network was held on 20 May and focused on the role of the churches in peacebuilding." Carla Khijoyan, WCC programme executive for…...