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Bishop-elect Earl K. Fernandes of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio.

Father Earl Fernandes, son of immigrants from India, named next bishop of Columbus, Ohio

Apr 2, 2022

By Shannon Mullen

Bishop-elect Earl K. Fernandes said Saturday that to his knowledge he will become the first Indian-American Roman Catholic bishop in... Read more

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, left, and Bishop Robert J. Brennan

Pope Francis accepts Brooklyn Bishop DiMarzio’s resignation, names Columbus bishop as successor

Sep 29, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

With 1.5 million Catholics, Brooklyn is the fifth-largest U.S. diocese. Read more

St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Nyttend via Wikimedia (public domain)

Pro-abortion protesters face charges for disrupting Mass in Columbus

Mar 10, 2021

Several pro-abortion protesters who disrupted a pro-life Mass in Columbus, Ohio in January have been charged with misdemeanors and arraigned,... Read more

St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Nyttend via Wikimedia (public domain).

Columbus diocese announces strategic planning initiative

Mar 1, 2021

The Diocese of Columbus announced Monday a strategic planning initiative meant to discern the future of the local Church, encouraging... Read more

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St. Colman Chapel and cemetery.

'The Little Catholic Church on Irish Mountain' stood in West Virginia for 150 years before it burned

Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center in Lynchburg, Virginia had its windows smashed and was defaced with graffiti the night of June 24-25.

Vandalism of Catholic churches, pregnancy centers continues after Dobbs decision

More than 100,000 people attended a march for life in Madrid, Spain, on June 26, 2022.

More than 100,000 march for life in Spain

Damage to the San Jacinto location of the Sacco Company Catholic Store in Houston after a fire on June 25, 2022.

Investigation underway of major fire at Catholic bookstore in Houston

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on.

What the U.S. bishops have said about Dobbs

Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

After canceling trip, Pope Francis sending Cardinal Parolin to visit Africa

Pope Francis greets Kiko Argüello during a meeting with the Neocatechumenal Way in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, June 27, 2022.

Pope Francis blesses Neocatechumenal Way missionaries

The charred remains of St. Colman Catholic Church in Shady Spring, West Virginia, which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

Historic Catholic church in West Virginia destroyed in suspected arson

Joseph Kennedy, the ex-high school football coach at the center of the Supreme Court prayer case Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

Supreme Court sides with football coach in prayer case

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven in Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican bishops: The country is spattered in the blood of the dead and disappeared

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The charred remains of St. Colman Catholic Church in Shady Spring, West Virginia, which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

Historic Catholic church in West Virginia destroyed in suspected arson

Joseph Kennedy, the ex-high school football coach at the center of the Supreme Court prayer case Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

Supreme Court sides with football coach in prayer case

Pope Francis greets Kiko Argüello during a meeting with the Neocatechumenal Way in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, June 27, 2022.

Pope Francis blesses Neocatechumenal Way missionaries

Damage to the San Jacinto location of the Sacco Company Catholic Store in Houston after a fire on June 25, 2022.

Investigation underway of major fire at Catholic bookstore in Houston

St. Colman Chapel and cemetery.

'The Little Catholic Church on Irish Mountain' stood in West Virginia for 150 years before it burned