African American sister says prayer, listening can lead to racial healing
byBy Rebecca Drake SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The topic of racism can be a source of conflict. But when Sister Melinda Pellerin found herself in…
Ursuline Sisters of Louisville give
chapel fund to Sacred Heart Schools
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Ursuline Sisters of Louisville transferred their chapel preservation fund to Sacred Heart Schools during a ceremony held on the feast day of St. Angela…
Bishop Fabre described as
a man of prayer, a planner
and like a father to his diocese
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During a press conference Feb. 8 announcing the Bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux as the Archdiocese of Louisville’s next leader, tears were shed…
Banning executions of
mentally ill called a
step closer to respecting life
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Kentucky’s Catholic bishops have been aiming to end the death penalty for the mentally ill for more than a decade. That effort gained ground…
People have the right to life, needed health care, pope says at audience
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — People have a right to life, not to death, which must be welcomed but never provoked, Pope Francis…
Sister Rose Anthony
Heitzman dies at 96
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Dominican Sister of Peace Rose Anthony Heitzman died Feb. 7 at Sansbury Care Center in St. Catharine, Ky. The Louisville native was 96 and…
New archbishop pledges to serve
with ‘fervor and commitment’
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When Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (pronounced fob) is installed as the 10th ordinary of the Archdiocese of Louisville, he will move more than 750…
Church leaders say they’re
excited about new archbishop
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From shock to excitement, Archdiocese of Louisville leaders expressed a range of emotions after they worshipped at an early morning Mass Feb. 8 with…
Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre prays at Mass that ‘we will grow in our love’
byArchbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre, the newly appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville, celebrated a Mass at Holy Family Church Feb. 8, saying to…
Sister Rose Ann Howard dies at 85
bySister of Charity of Nazareth Rose Ann Howard died Feb. 4 at Nazareth Home. She was 85 and in her 65th year of religious…