Priest hopes garden grows the Gospel message
ByFather George Otuma, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, established gardens at the West Louisville parish last year to help him share the…
Care for Creation — Creating connections for creation care
By“Towards an ever-wider ‘We’ ” — this theme of Pope Francis came to mind as people gathered with animated conversation at the recent Archdiocese…
Between Amens — Bickering and the Council of Nicaea
ByOne hot summer along the Mediterranean 1700 years ago, the clergy were bickering. The Archbishop of Alexandria was embroiled in a bitter dispute with…
Pope: Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia, Ukraine
ByBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives…
Pope prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
ByBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service ROME — “We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who…
Deacon Walton Jones dies at 80
ByDeacon Walton G. Jones, a deacon of the Archdiocese of Louisville, died on July 7 at Nazareth Home. He was 80 and had been…
Pope’s prayer intention for July: That the faithful might again learn how to discern
ByBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for July is for expanded formation in discernment. “Let us…
Ursuline Sister Sheila Anne Smith, a teacher, dies at 81
ByUrsuline Sister of Mount St. Joseph Sheila Anne Smith died July 5. She was 81 and had been an Ursuline Sister for 63 years….
Jubilee Pilgrimage: 5 sights to see at St. Helen, the only Catholic church in Barren County
ByGLASGOW, Ky. — A small Catholic church in downtown Glasgow, Ky., nestled a stone’s throw from half a dozen Protestant churches, catches the eye…
Safeguarding remains a top priority with new appointment, US cardinal says
ByBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV’s appointment of the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection…