Share the Journey — No Place Like Home
ByA home is so much more than walls and a roof. It is a place of safety and security, comfort and connection. It’s a…
Archdiocese donated $50,000 to Catholic Home Missions Appeal
ByParishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville collected $50,000 for the 2023 Catholic Home Missions Appeal during the April collection. The appeal supports the Catholic…
Catholic education must foster community, not competition, pope says
ByBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Everyone involved in Catholic education should want to share the Gospel by the way they live and foster…
Inaugural #iGiveCatholic targets parish projects
By#iGiveCatholic totals are in, and the new fundraising effort appears to have been a success. Molly Smith, director of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office…
Bulletin Board — December 7, 2023
BySERVICES, DEVOTIONS The Ursuline Sisters of Louisville will offer Taizé prayer on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Motherhouse, 3115 Lexington Road. For…
Wedding Anniversaries — December 7, 2023
ByJim and Pauletta Flaherty, members of St. John Paul II Church, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 9. Mrs. Flaherty is the…
UofL students are joyful, alive and ‘eager to share the Gospel,’ campus minister says
ByAlong with academic programs and athletics, Catholic campus ministry leaders at the University of Louisville would like to see students consider campus ministry when…
Loved ones remembered with cemetery tree lighting
ByThose who gathered at Calvary Cemetery on the evening of Dec. 1 for the annual “Lighting of the Tree of Remembrance,” heard that they…
‘Homeless Jesus’ helps hundreds find shelter
ByAlong busy Bardstown Road in the Highlands, a bronze park bench cradles a statue of Jesus Christ — lying down and huddled under a…
Wearing a rosary can make a Latino a target for police, historian says
ByBy Justin McLellan BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Many law enforcement officers associate Catholic imagery and symbols with criminality in the U.S. Latino community, a historian researching the…
Pope, Council of Cardinals discussed the role of women in the church
ByBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — With the input of two women and a priest, Pope Francis and members of his international Council of…
Brother Cornelius Hubbuch, an educator and leader, dies at 87
ByXaverian Brother Cornelius Hubbuch died Dec. 2 at Nazareth Home. He was 87 and had been a Xaverian for 69 years. Brother Hubbuch, a…
Exile: Don’t underestimate Nicaragua church’s ‘prophetic voice’ amid repression
ByBy Gina Christian In the face of Nicaragua’s authoritarian regime, “the prophetic voice of the Catholic Church cannot be underestimated,” said an opposition leader…
Laudato Si’ leader to present workshop
By“Acting Locally to Sustain Our Earthly Home,” is the title of a three-hour workshop scheduled to take place at Epiphany Church, 914 Old Harrods…
Fighting in Holy Land, bombing in Philippines prompt papal prayers
ByBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — The end of the temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas “means death, destruction, misery,” Pope Francis said….
On ‘goodwill tour’ to Nigeria, Kentucky bishop finds packed Masses, vibrant vocations
ByBy Elizabeth Wong Barnstead OWENSBORO, Ky. — By the time he set off on his 16-day trip to Nigeria in October, Bishop William F….
Report: Fewer states use capital punishment, but more prisoners executed in 2023
ByBy Kate Scanlon WASHINGTON — Just five states — Texas, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and Alabama — carried out executions in 2023, while a majority…
Editorial – Take heart, goodness abounds
ByLife can change in an instant. We all know that. One second our lives are rolling along in a normal state — whether that…
Canon law must be part of church’s mission of mercy, pope says
ByBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — All the Catholic Church’s structures, including tribunals and faculties of canon law, must undergo a “pastoral and missionary…
St. James students host community breakfast
ByStudents at St. James School in Elizabethtown, Ky., hosted business and community leaders during the school’s fifth annual Community Breakfast Nov. 14. The event…