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Wisconsin Catholic school leaders fired over violations of child protection policies

Nov 26, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The terminations came after the Diocese of Green Bay Office of Safe Environment received “a complaint.” Read more

Adele Brise.

The story of Adele Brise, the seer of the only approved Marian apparition in the U.S.

Oct 9, 2024

By Zelda Caldwell, Zoe Romanowsky

Oct. 9 is the solemnity of the apparition known as Our Lady of Champion. Read more

Cheryl Sporie, chair of the board of trustees at St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in Marinette, Wisconsin, stands in front of the vacant Garfield Elementary school building in the Marinette School District. Sporie filed a claim against the district on June 25, 2024, urging the district to sell the property after it refused to sell it to the Catholic school.

Catholic school files claim after Wisconsin school district refuses to sell vacant building

Jul 10, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

A Catholic school has taken legal action after a Wisconsin school district refused to sell them an elementary school building... Read more

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Green Bay diocese issues gender identity policy consistent with biological sex

Jul 13, 2022

By Maisy Sullivan

The Diocese of Green Bay has added a clause to its education policy manual that prohibits the use of pronouns... Read more

Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, La Crosse.

Wisconsin attorney general to investigate sex abuse by Catholic clerics

Apr 23, 2021

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul will launch an investigation of sexual abuse in the state's five Catholic dioceses, and at... Read more

Bishop-elect Daniel J. Felton of Duluth, Minnesota.

Pope Francis names Green Bay vicar general Fr. Daniel Felton as next bishop of Duluth

Apr 7, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Diocese of Duluth has been without a bishop since the sudden death of Bishop Paul Sirba on Dec. 1,... Read more

Bishop Shelton Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, who has praised the 'Open Wide Our Hearts' online exhibit from the Green Bay diocese.

Virtual photo exhibit seeks to tell diverse Catholics' stories

Nov 18, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

The U.S. bishops on Tuesday praised a virtual exhibit created by the Diocese of Green Bay, which features portraits of... Read more

Saint John Catholic Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Green Bay bishop reinstates Sunday Mass dispensation as COVID cases spike

Oct 6, 2020

Just two weeks after the dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance was lifted in the Diocese of Green Bay, Bishop David... Read more

Retired Green Bay auxiliary bishop failed to report abuse, withdraws from ministry

Sep 20, 2018

Bishop Robert Morneau, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, has withdrawn from public ministry saying he regrets having failed to... Read more

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, Wis.

It's official: Our Lady of Good Help in Wisconsin is a national shrine

Aug 18, 2016

In 1859, a young Belgian woman saw a bright vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary appear between two trees in... Read more