Bellarmine to host forum on the pope’s challenge to the American church
byBellarmine University will host “The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope’s Challenge to the American Catholic Church,” a program hosted by John Gehring, author of…
Pope Francis
Outreach to inactive Catholics planned
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Pope Francis has called on dioceses throughout the world to observe the extraordinary Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy,…
Holy Doors designated at area churches
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Editor Pope Francis will officially begin the extraordinary Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy as he opens the Holy Door at…
Presentation students explore encyclical on creation
byStudents at Presentation Academy have been responding to Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” through science classes and clubs, including the school’s Science Technology Engineering…
Archbishop Kurtz reflects on papal visit
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Editor Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz is in Rome now as one of the 270 voting members of the world Synod…
Local Catholics take part in papal visit
byBy Jessica Able and Marnie McAllister, Record Staff Writers The canonization of St. Junípero Serra, which took place yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C., before…
Annulment changes welcomed here in archdiocese
byArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz said in a statement Sept. 9 that he welcomes Pope Francis’ new instructions regarding annulment procedures. In the papal document…
Encyclical is ‘marching order,’ archbishop says
byBy Marnie McAllister and Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” reminds people that “we…
Editorial — The pope is a phenomenon
byIt may well be that the world and the church have in the past seen a pope become a social phenomenon. But it seems…
New outreach ministry at St. Barnabas
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer The Francis Center — a new outreach ministry at St. Barnabas Church — seeks to serve all people,…