6+ hour, 45+ min ago  (811+ words) In a press release published June 23, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments announced that it had denied a request by the German bishops" conference to allow "in exceptional circumstances, a duly commissioned lay member of…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (809+ words) Friday, June 19, 2026 Speaking at his weekly general audience June 17, the pope said the archipelago's role as a gateway for thousands of migrants from Africa offered a "comprehensive insight" into a complex issue that also challenges Christians to reread the Gospel…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (786+ words) Most observers of the Church would agree that the Second Vatican Council fundamentally transformed how we perceive the role of the Catholic laity. Emphasizing that the laity share equally in Christ's priestly, prophetic and kingly offices through baptism, the Council…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1360+ words) The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis groups its parishes into 15 deaneries, which are small groups by geography. Archbishop Bernard Hebda recently announced a reconfiguration of those deaneries, effective July 1. The change flowed from several charges " from the Vatican itself,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1027+ words) Q) Tell me about your writing process. A) At first, I was going to write a few pages for my family and friends, but then I kept writing, and it turned into a 500-page memoir. I began to remember things I hadn't…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1116+ words) After concluding their public session agenda, the bishops left the Omni Resort in Champions Gate for a half-hour drive up Interstate 4 to the spiritual refuge that is the shrine. The Mass was a momentous one as it served to formally…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (403+ words) The special Mass of consecration will be livestreamed from the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe on the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops" You Tube channel, starting at 3 p. m. CDT. "The bishops" livestream event is intended to…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (599+ words) In an episode of the "Practicing Catholic" show that debuts June 12 on Relevant Radio 1330 AM, Mulheron said, "You can think of me as like general counsel for the archbishop and the offices of the archdiocese and as a legal resource,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (489+ words) St. Maron will continue to provide limited sacramental ministry to St. Boniface parishioners for at least one year and beyond that time if it continues to be possible to maintain and safely use the church. The priests of St. Maron…...

3+ week, 12+ min ago  (411+ words) As Pope Leo says in "Magnifica Humanitas," "it is one thing to integrate technology within a human-centered, relational vision; it is quite another to be guided by an outlook that devalues human limits and promises a purely technical form of…...