With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88 gave new energy to…
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Pope remembers predecessor as a ‘great teacher of catechesis’
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI was a “great teacher of catechesis” whose “sharp and gentle thinking” led…
Archbishop Fabre: ‘I join Catholics around the world in grieving’
byArchbishop Shelton J. Fabre said he was grieving with Catholics around the world at the death of Pope Benedict XVI on Dec. 31. The…
Ursuline Sister Isabel Lehmenkuler, 93, dies
byUrsuline Sister of Louisville Isabel Lehmenkuler, 93, died at Nazareth Home-Clifton May 24. She recently celebrated her 75th year of religious life. Sister Lehmenkuler,…
Ursuline Sister Lorraine Maginot, a teacher, dies
byUrsuline Sister of Louisville Sister Lorraine (formerly Sister Juanita) Maginot, 92, died at Nazareth Home-Clifton May 24. She was in her 73rd year of…
SCN Helen L. Blodgett, a therapist, dies at 71
bySister of Charity of Nazareth Helen L. Blodgett died May 22 in Danbury, Conn. She was 71 and in her 42nd year of religious…
Bryant relied on Catholic faith to see him through tough personal times
byCALABASAS, Calif. — As the world mourned the loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a…
Catholics mark anniversary of child’s death at border
byWASHINGTON — Catholics joined faith groups observing the first anniversary of the death of a 7-year-old girl who died under immigration detention in late…
Teaching Our Faith — Remember your death
byThis series of teaching editorials explores death and dying and how the Church provides pastoral care for those facing death and for their families…
Teaching Our Faith — All Saints and All Souls
byThis series of teaching editorials explores death and dying and how the Church provides pastoral care for those facing death and for their families…