6+ hour, 32+ min ago  (109+ words) The Diocese of Greensburg announced it will take part in an international prayer vigil Saturday. The event is part of a worldwide call for prayer in the Catholic Church and will coincide with a a vigil led by Pope Leo…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (497+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV will personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carries the…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (177+ words) Diocese of Greensburg Bishop Larry Kulick visited Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg on Thursday for the annual Mass of the Lord's Supper service. Maundy Thursday foot-washing is a Christian ritual observed the Thursday before Easter, when participants' feet are washed,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (496+ words) Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop Mark Eckman had two messages for incarcerated men at the Allegheny County Jail during his first visit on Maundy Thursday: God loves them, and there is hope. "God wants us to share an eternity in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (754+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square. With the U. S. -Israeli war…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (478+ words) Mount St. Peter Catholic Church in New Kensington likely will be open for this Friday's fish fry and for Holy Week masses following air quality testing this week. Monday morning the New Kensington Catholic Community, comprised of Mount St. Peter,…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (812+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world's cardinals to Rome and indicating some reform-minded priorities by calling the modernizing teachings of the Second Vatican Council the "guiding star" of…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (289+ words) The Christmas season isn't over, at least not for the handful of Orthodox Christian churches that follow the Julian Calendar and are celebrating Christmas on Wednesday with special liturgies, dinners and holiday decorations. "Universally, it's accepted as Christmas, but, in…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (601+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, like in Gaza, those who are in impoverished, like in Yemen, and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1514+ words) After more than a decade of educating aspiring Catholic priests in his native Philippines, the Rev. Jay Jacinto was ready for a change. Jacinto, 48, was ordained in 2005. He worked in the Philippines for 17 years before volunteering to serve abroad in…...