Bishop Appointment

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Archbishop-designate Samuel J. Aquila.

Pope appoints Fargo bishop to lead Denver archdiocese

May 29, 2012

By Marianne Medlin

Filling a post vacant for over eight months, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Samuel J. Aquila of Fargo, N.D., as... Read more

Bishop-designate Liam S. Cary

Pope names new bishop of Baker, Oregon

Mar 8, 2012

By Kevin J. Jones

Pope Benedict XVI’s March 7 appointment of Fr. Liam Stephen Cary as the new bishop of Oregon’s Baker diocese was... Read more

Bishop-designate Msgr. George A. Sheltz

Pope names native son as new auxiliary of Galveston-Houston archdiocese

Feb 21, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI named Houston native Msgr. George A. Sheltz on Feb. 21 as the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s next auxiliary... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus address on July 13, 2025 from Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is spending a two-week summer break.

Pope Leo XIV prays by name for Gaza parish strike victims, renews plea for ceasefire

Pope Leo XIV greets a young woman along the streets of Albano, Italy before offering Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Pancras near Castel Gandolfo on July 20, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: Summer is a time to savor prayerful moments with God

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia say the situation currently in Ethiopia “calls more than ever” for a unified voice.

Catholic bishops in Ethiopia call for ‘unified voice’ in confronting violent conflicts

An image of Servant of God Julia Greeley in a parish.

New short documentary highlights the life of Servant of God Julia Greeley

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (L) and a members of a Christian visit the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City on July 18, 2025.

Jerusalem bishop shares distress over conditions in Gaza after accidental Israeli strike

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski talks to "EWTN News in Depth" Anchor Catherine Hadro on Friday, July 18, 2025

Amid deportations, Catholic clergy rally for immigrants

Joseph Hazboun, the regional director at the Pontifical Mission in the Jerusalem field office, speaks to Tara Mergener on "EWTN News Nightly," Friday, July 18, 2025

Director of Jerusalem Pontifical Mission assesses situation in Gaza after church attack

For more than 40 years, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has welcomed visitors to its annual summer organ recital series.

National Shrine’s organ recital series showcases world-class musicians

St. Thomas More.

St. Thomas More’s skull may be exhumed from Canterbury vault for saint’s 500th anniversary

Market in Shevchenkove settlement in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine after a 2023 Russian rocket strike.

‘Charity doesn’t go on vacation’: Pope Leo XIV sends food to families in Ukraine

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