3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (380+ words) AP Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2025. VATICAN CITY " The Vatican is sending new signals about how…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (24+ words) Staff report YOUNGSTOWN " Sister Mary Mc Cormick has been appointed by Bishop David Bonnar of the Youngstown Diocese as the new interim president of Ursuline...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (237+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown will celebrate closing Masses for two Youngstown churches this spring. Closing Masses are set at 5 p. m. Monday at St. Brendan Church, 2800 Oakwood Ave, Youngstown, and at 5 p. m. May 18 at St. Matthias Church, 915 Cornell…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1109+ words) AP Pope Leo XIV listens to a girl as he arrives at the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Luanda, Angola, for a meeting with bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, and pastoral workers Monday on the eighth day…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (487+ words) Pope Leo XIV put the Rev. Edward Joseph Flanagan a step closer to possible sainthood Monday as he proclaimed the "heroic virtues" of the founder of Boys Town, a Nebraska home for at-risk youths that gained national renown and inspired…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (658+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " With as much fanfare as when it began, the Youngstown Diocese Jubilee Year 2025, Pilgrims of Hope, concluded Sunday with a special Mass at St. Columba Cathedral. With Bishop David Bonnar presiding, five Diocesan priests in attendance, including Ashtabula native…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (288+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " The "Jubilee of Hope" closing Mass will take place Dec. 28 at St. Columba Cathedral after a year-long celebration that began Christmas Eve 2024. The jubilee year concludes Jan. 6, which is the feast of Epiphany. Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (553+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown has announced various clergy and pastoral assignments effective July 1 for Mahoning and Trumbull counties. These include: " Rev. Edward Brienz to parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica-St. Anthony, Youngstown;…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (574+ words) AP Parishioners take part in an offering to a giant Baby Jesus in Mexico City on Tuesday. MEXICO CITY " His face and body resemble those of a newborn. Yet the Baby Jesus statue towers 16 feet tall and travels across central…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (539+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown is urging clergy, religious women and people of faith in the six counties of the diocese to pray Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for March. In a statement released Monday, Bonnar…...