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We can change our troubled times with our lives " and the rosary
2+ hour ago (842+ words) I was disturbed by the latest act of political violence in our country, the attack targeting the president that took place last month in Washington, D. C. We thank God this attack was stopped by security and law enforcement." It is sad…...
Shrine planned to honor Venerable Augustus Tolton in western Illinois
20+ hour, 37+ min ago (928+ words) The first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States -- who has already had 40 potential miracles through his intercession investigated -- is now getting his own national shrine in western Illinois where he grew up and once served. On April…...
Pope meets with Catholic Charities USA leadership
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (990+ words) Pope Leo XIV met the leadership of Catholic Charities USA in an audience at the Vatican on May 4, offering words of encouragement to one of the country's largest disaster relief networks as it navigates growing demand for food and basic…...
Pope Leo XIV appoints 4 new bishops to multiple U. S. dioceses
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (628+ words) Pope Leo XIV has appointed multiple new bishops to lead several dioceses around the United States, the Vatican announced on May 1. The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a press release that Father John Gomez was appointed bishop-designate of the…...
Saint of the day: Pope Pius V
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (228+ words) In 1556, Michele was elected bishop of Sutri, and served as inquisitor in Milan and Lombardi. He then served as inquisitor general of the Church, and was made a cardinal in 1557. As inquisitor, he rigorously opposed heresies, and fought corruption wherever…...
Saint of the day: Joseph the Worker
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (150+ words) Today the church honors St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, in his second of two feast days " St. Joseph the Worker." Although we know little about the life of Joseph from Scripture, we know that he was the chaste husband…...
Don't get distracted: What Pope Leo's Africa trip is really about
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1181+ words) Midway through his first trip to Africa as the spiritual leader of 1. 4 billion people, Pope Leo XIV was forced to offer a gentle correction to the press corps traveling with him. "There has been a certain narrative that has not…...
Pope speaks on same-sex blessings, migration, condemns Iran killings
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1075+ words) Pope Leo XIV said on the papal plane April 23 that the Holy See does not approve of formalized blessings of same-sex couples, while stressing that Church unity "should not revolve around sexual matters" and that all people are welcome in…...
Never too late: How a 98-year-old So Cal woman became Catholic
1+ week, 2+ day ago (787+ words) As she approached her 98th birthday, Virginia Eidson was more concerned about her next life than her present one. It weighed on her that she had never been baptized. Born into a Cherokee, Choctaw, and Irish family in Oklahoma, her family…...
National garden promises healing for abuse survivors, all Catholics
1+ week, 5+ day ago (631+ words) A national garden in the nation's capital proposed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse promises to foster healing not only for survivors but also for the Catholic Church as a whole. "We can't heal alone," said Mike Hoffman, chair of…...