1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (432+ words) East Bay Catholics were informed on Wednesday, April 29, that the'Diocese of Oakland'would close 13 churches across the region amid financial struggles and years of declining parishioner numbers. In a'letter to the diocese, the Bishop of Oakland, Michael Barber, stated that the…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1292+ words) NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be competing against a small but influential Catholic broadcaster based in the Alabama town of…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (501+ words) FREEHOLD " Nearly one year after Pope Leo XIV became the first American elected to the papacy, how do local Catholics feel about the leader of their universal church? Morning and noon mass in Freehold was packed more than usual on…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (299+ words) One of Nashville's most active faith-based social service agencies will be under new leadership following the retirement of longtime head Judy Orr, who announced in the fall she was leaving Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Nashville. Catholic Charities announced…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (266+ words) From the Oval Office, President Donald Trump will read a piece of Old Testament scripture during a week-long Bible reading event this week. Trump will read 2 Chronicles 7: 11-22 on Tuesday, April 21, as part of America Reads the Bible, a week of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (514+ words) Is it just me, or does it seem like Pope Leo XIV won't stop talking about religion? He's all "the Gospel says this" and "Jesus taught us that" " dude, we get it, you're head of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) The beatification ceremony for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be set for September in St. Louis, marking a step toward sainthood for the venerable priest, bishop and televangelist who grew up in central Illinois. Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (315+ words) The Catholic Church's new pope may not see eye to eye with one of their own: Vice President JD Vance. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first ever pontiff from the U. S. after being selected during on the second day of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (120+ words) The week begins with Palm Sunday services at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Basilica of St. Edward and the Royal Poinciana Chapel. Palm Fronds will decorate the churches, in. .. Palm Beach churches prepare for Holy Week, Easter celebrations Churches in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (303+ words) Deacon Jim Blanchette, an ordained deacon in the Archdiocese of Hartford and a former Hartford Police Department officer, has published I've Made My Peace, So Can You, a memoir tracing his return to the Catholic Church after nearly four decades…...