Iowa priest-photographer surprised by appeal of viral cattle cross image
byBy Dan Russo Catholic News Service BANKSTON, Iowa — It wasn’t a miracle, but the scene that unfolded on Dan and Judy Gotto’s farm…
Bishops require mail balloting to OK assessment increase for 2021
byBy Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops, nearly two months after the issue was presented to them at their fall…
Flu factor: Dioceses take steps to prevent virus from spreading
byBy Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The flu season is here and dioceses across the country are taking precautions to avoid spreading…
Amid threat of war, world must not give up hope, pope tells diplomats
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Hope is the virtue needed to approach the coming year, especially when the looming…
Writer’s Southern roots inspire ‘radical faith’ element to her fiction
byTORONTO — Valerie Sayers is a Catholic writer with a keen appreciation of the grand style of renowned novelists in the school of William…
Next Thea Bowman Institute set for Feb. 8 at CEC
byThe Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office of Multicultural Ministry (OMM) will present the next Thea Bowman Institute Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m….
Pastoral musicians’ dinner set for Jan. 13
byThe Louisville Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians will hold its annual chapter dinner at St. Margaret Mary Church, 7813 Shelbyville Road, Jan….
Editorial — The gifts we bring
byWhat gifts will we bring to Christ this year? Like the Magi or the Three Kings, we are called to bring our gifts to…
Two priests receive new pastoral appointments
byArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz has made the following appointments: Father Michael O. Ajayi has been named pastor of Emmanuel Church in Albany, Ky., and…
A Time to Speak — The travesty of the death penalty must end
byBy Father Patrick Delahanty Stunned. I could not believe what I’d just heard. Kenton County Circuit Court Judge Raymond Lape, now deceased, had looked…