Bishops around U.S. express sorrow over Floyd killing, racism
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Even as the United States still finds itself grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, outrage, grief and anger…
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Cathedral rectory damaged in protests
Windows of the Cathedral of the Assumption and its offices facing South Fifth Street in downtown Louisville were covered with plywood as a precaution…
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Archbishop’s letter to the mayor offers support for peace and justice
In a letter to Mayor Greg Fischer May 29, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz expressed his support of peaceful protests “that give voice to the…
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Bethlehem helped shape family’s 8 kids
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer Over the last 22 years, Theresa Ulrich packed more than 5,000 school lunches as she sent her eight…
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Nazareth Home – Clifton battles virus
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are asking for prayers as residents and staff of their nursing home, Nazareth Home — Clifton, battle COVID-19….
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Safety is a priority as churches reopen
By MARNIE McALLISTER and Record Staff Reports In one of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s first public Masses since the suspension of public worship in…
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Hope in the Lord — A Time to be In Earnest
P.D. James is one of my favorite authors whose British style is both elegant and extremely clever. She mastered the art of the detective…
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Filters for Navajo aim to ease suffering
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer As the coronavirus digs deeper into Navajo Nation, infecting Native Americans at a higher rate than anywhere in…
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Return to public Masses
Parishes around the Archdiocese of Louisville received the archbishop’s permission to reopen to the public with precautions as of May 20 at limited capacity….
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2020 graduates find perspective in pandemic
By Kristen Graas’ accounting, she and her 121 Mercy Academy classmates, lost 52 days of the 1,362 school-year days promised to them as freshman….
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Pandemic has acute effect on immigrants
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer When the COVID-19 global pandemic swept across the Archdiocese of Louisville, new rules swiftly changed the way people…
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Hope in the Lord — Gathering again as the Body of Christ
Rejoice! Based upon sound advice from public health authorities, the governor has announced May 20 as the date on which we can begin to…
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Pandemic can’t keep couple from vows
When Matthew and Bethany Vogel got engaged in January of 2019, they had no way to foresee the virus that would upend events worldwide…
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Ursuline Sister Bernadine Nash, a teacher, dies at 95
Ursuline Sister of Louisville Bernadine (Emmett) Nash died June 3 at Nazareth Home-Clifton. She was 95 and had been an Ursuline sister for 73…
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Sister Vivian Mary Sabelhaus, SCN, dies at 96
Sister of Charity of Nazareth Vivian Mary Sabelhaus, 96, died June 1 in Nazareth, Ky. She was a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth…
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Father Joseph A. ‘Doc’ Lyon, a native of Loretto, dies at 94
Father Joseph A. “Doc” Lyon, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, died June 1. He was 94 years old. Father Lyon, a…
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Ursuline Sister Jane Stuckenborg, 89, dies
Ursuline Sister of Louisville Jane Stuckenborg, 89, died May 29 at Norton Hospital. She was in her 71st year of religious life. Sister Stuckenborg,…
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Living ‘Laudato Si” in Appalachia leads to mix of efforts to feed families
By Don Clemmer Catholic News Service HAZARD, Ky. — Quilting used to be a big deal across Perry County in eastern Kentucky, but over the…
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Detroit Archdiocese to shift to ‘family of parishes’ over next two years
By Michael Stechschulte Catholic News Service DETROIT — Over the next two years, the Archdiocese of Detroit will transition to a new pastoral and governance…
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Minnesota archbishop calls on Holy Spirit amid civil unrest, pandemic
By Joe Ruff Catholic News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. — Calling on faith in the Holy Spirit’s presence amid civil unrest and a global pandemic,…
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Trusting in God does not mean never arguing with him, pope says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In the story of the patriarch Abraham — honored by Jews, Christians and Muslims — faith…
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Life and death: Pandemic forces world to confront its greatest fear
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — For Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, the coronavirus death toll,…
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