More than 40,000 Americans are registered to attend World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, Poland from July 26 to the 31, which is the third largest contingent in history.
Category Archives: Church news
Baton Rouge Bishops Calls for Prayer & Fasting
Church Responds to Nice Terror Attacks
The Promenade de Anglais in Nice, France
Pope Francis, along with Bishop Andre Marceau of Nice, France, are condemning last night’s terrorist attack in the idyllic French Riviera that left 84 people dead and scores wounded.
Seminarian Missing After Saving Drowning Woman
A 24 year-old seminarian remains missing after he saved a drowning woman’s life during a kayak trip on the Arkansas River this weekend.
Lay Man & Woman to Head Vatican Press Office
Greg Burke, an American-born veteran newsman has been named the new director of the Holy See Press Office, along with vice-director Paloma Garcia Ovejero, replacing the retiring Father Federico Lombardi.
Dallas Bishop: All Lives Matter!
The Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell, Bishop of Dallas, is imploring Americans not to lose respect for one another and to remember that all lives matter because we are all children of God.
Bishops Want Action on Conscience Protections
Several disturbing events in the past few months which resulted in forcing Catholic facilities to offer elective abortion have prompted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to call for immediate action by the U.S. House of Representatives to protect conscience rights.
The Church Prays for Victims of Istanbul Attacks
The U.S. Bishops are joining Pope Francis in categorically condemning the terrorist attack on passengers in the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday which left 42 dead and scores wounded.
World Youth Day is Right Around the Corner!
World Youth Day is less than a month away and teens around the globe are gearing up for what is expected to be a pilgrimage to remember!
Virgin Mary Statue Desecrated
A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was found decapitated, and another statue stolen, from the grounds of health clinic run by the Diocese of Wichita.
