Pope Francis Names Bishop Christopher Coyne as New Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut…
Pope Francis appointed Bishop Christopher Coyne as a coadjutor archbishop of Hartford on Monday.As coadjutor, Coyne will assist Archbishop Leonard Blair in the administration of the Hartford Archdiocese and should succeed him as archbishop upon his retirement, expected once Blair turns 75 next year.Coyne has led the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, since 2015. The 65-year-old […]
Sharing personal COVID stories helps us never forget the enormous suffering of global lockdowns
Many of us may never know justice or reparations after these three agonizing years following COVID restrictions. But by archiving these stories, we should be able to, somehow, quantify some visible parts of the immense sufferings imposed on the world.Read More
Pope Francis warmly greets infamous ‘artist’ who created image of crucifix in urine
The Vatican invited Serrano to a meeting of artists, and Pope Francis greeted him warmly, smiling and giving him a big ‘thumbs up.’Read More
ICYMI: Pope Francis’ Vatican Officials Pay a Visit to Bishop Strickland
ICYMI: Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas was visited by Vatican officials at 9PM on Saturday — right on the heels of Bishop Strickland’s brave witness against the sacrilegious ‘drag nun’ display, promoted by the Dodgers and the MLB. Bishop Strickland is truly ‘America’s Bishop’ — and served as the LONE bishop who bravely witnessed […]
UPDATE: Vatican-Ordered Investigation Targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas
Sarah A. Miller Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, leads the Rosary near Planned Parenthood in Tyler, Texas, Jan. 23, 2017. The Vatican concluded an apostolic visitation of the bishop. The leader of the eastern Texas diocese since 2012, Bishop Strickland, 64, has faced criticism for what some critics see as intemperate […]
Troubled priests need honesty, conversion, purification, pope says
The mostly “silent and hidden” work of the Servants of the Paraclete, a religious order that ministers to priests and religious banned from ministry because of abuse allegations or who are experiencing other difficulties, must focus on honesty, conversion and purification, Pope Francis said.
Upholding religious liberty must entail mutual respect, bishop says
(OSV News) — Upholding religious liberty must entail mutual respect, said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. On his most recent “Walk Humbly” podcast, Bishop Burbidge observed, “What we believe and know to be true is at odds with the popular culture of our world.” Speaking of the June 16 LGBTQ+ […]
Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega freezes bank accounts of several Catholic dioceses and priests
‘This is one more arbitrary action of the dictatorship against the Nicaraguan Catholic Church,’ lawyer Martha Patricia Molina argued.
Catholic School Student in Virginia Wins National Cursive Handwriting Contest
Daisy Almaraz won the seventh-grade section of the 2023 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. Moss said that writing in cursive can communicate something to the reader other than the meaning of the words on the page.
Pro-Life Atheist to Convert to Catholicism: ‘There is a God-Shaped Hole in My Heart’
EWTN Pro-Life Weekly Kristin Turner, a pro-life activist and former atheist, talks with Prudence Robertson on a June 10, 2023, episode of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly. After suffering abuse by a high school teacher and thinking she had become pregnant by that abuse, she researched abortion further.