Archive for July 23, 2019

Father Edward Flanagan with baseball players at Boys Town. Photo courtesy of the Father Flanagan League.?w=200&h=150

By Carl Bunderson

Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican

The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis names Bp Mark Brennan to follow Bransfield at West Virginia diocese

Pope Francis Tuesday named Bishop Mark Brennan the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia following financial corruption and alleged sexual assault... Read more

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By Christine Rousselle

Brennan appointment hailed as 'new day' after Bransfield scandals in West Virginia

Bishop Mark Brennan will be installed as the ninth Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston next month, as West Virginia’s sole diocese looks... Read more

Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville at the Pontifical North American College in Rome on Oct. 8, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Archbishop Kurtz resigns as religious liberty chair during cancer treatment

Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville has stepped down from leading the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ religious liberty committee... Read more

Sharonell Fulton has fostered more than 40 children through Catholic Social Services. Photo courtesy of Becket.?w=200&h=150

Foster moms ask Supreme Court to hear Philadelphia case

"As a single mom and woman of color, I've known a thing or two about discrimination over the years..." Read more

Bishop James Wall of Gallup says Mass ad orientem at Sacred Heart Cathedral. ?w=200&h=150

Bishop Wall introduces regular 'ad orientem' Mass at Gallup cathedral

Bishop James Wall of Gallup announced Monday that each Sunday a Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral will be said with... Read more

Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. ?w=200&h=150

Christian baker asks for dismissal of lawsuit over cake signifying gender transition

Attorneys for Denver-area cake artist Jack Phillips filed a motion this week to dismiss a third lawsuit seeking to force... Read more

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo was the site of a terrorist attack Jan. 27, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

Six months after terror attack, Philippines cathedral packed at rededication

Despite the fresh memory of a deadly terrorist attack in January, the rededication Mass of the Cathedral of Our Lady... Read more

Photo courtesy of the Center for Pollinators in Energy.?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Catholic groups installing 5,000 solar panels in DC

Catholic organizations are installing 5,000 solar panels in a five-acre space in Washington, D.C., in what will become the largest... Read more

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo in his cathedral city, Jan. 13, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Sri Lankan church re-consecrated, cardinal challenges government

One of the churches in Sri Lanka damaged in attacks on Easter was re-consecrated Sunday. During the ceremony, the Archbishop... Read more