The giveaway, which is being offered by the Dubuque Area West Pastorate, will take place at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 21 in the lower parking lot at Church of the Resurrection, 4300 Asbury Road, according to a... A Dubuque Catholic church will host a free Thanksgiving…
Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi, right as he arrives at General Cesáreo L. Berisso Montevideo-Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo, on the first day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. A faithful…
Pope Leo XIV introduces Maria Montserrat Alvarado as the Vaticanâs new communications chief, highlighting her experience and creativity. Alvarado, the first woman to hold this position, replaces Paolo Ruffini. Her appointment suggests a shift in the Vaticanâs communication…
Diwali, Indiaâs most important festival, is celebrated by more than a billion people, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. The five-day festival brings gatherings, fireworks, feasts and prayers. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word Deepavali, meaning âa…
Pope Leo XIV is returning home to the continent where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru. The Nov. 6-17 trip marks the longest and…
Five Spanish missionaries are being elevated one step away from sainthood nearly 430 years after they were killed in present-day Georgia. The Catholic Diocese of Savannah will hold a beatification ceremony Saturday for the five Franciscan friars. They were killed in…
The University of Maryland Baltimore County, founded in the 1960s and which today enrolls about 13,530 students, lacks some of the religious infrastructure found on other college campuses, said Matt Hoffman, director of the Center for Religion, Spirituality and Pluralism on campus.
LIFELIGHT, A NONPROFIT EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY BASED IN SIOUX FALLS, ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THEIR PLAN TO BRING AN ALL-DAY FREE FESTIVAL TO SIOUX CITY NEXT SUMMER TO THE TYSON VENTS CENTER. LIFELIGHT C-E-O AND EVANGELIST JOSH BREWER SAYS THE EVENT IS PLANNED…
A top Vatican official says that Pope Leo XIV's lung cancer diagnosis is âa bit of a gamechangerâ for the Vatican. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy Seeâs foreign minister, said there had been a temptation to think…
Pope Leo XIV has denounced the religious justification for wars raging around the world, saying âthere is no such thing as a holy war.ââOnly peace is holy,â Leo said in a video-message to a gathering…
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