June 2021

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, June 29, 2021 / 12:00 p.m. Pope Francis thanked Benedict XVI on Tuesday for his continual prayer for the Church in his retirement, calling the Pope Emeritus “the contemplative of the Vatican”. Speaking from…

Archbishop Tin Win of Mandalay to join online service as Church representative in Myanmar June 30, 2021 Protesters…

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Beloit Police Department has identified two minors in connection with a fire at a church in Beloit as insurance continues to assess the damage. For now, the community is paying the price, as the…

Pope Francis publicly and affectionately thanked Benedict XVI, whose retirement from the papacy in 2103 shocked the worldThrough FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated PressJune 29, 2021, 12:07 PM• 2 minutes to readShare on FacebookShare on…

Parishioners of Saint-Boniface, Christ the King and Immaculate Conception treaties Posted: June 29, 2021 Maryanne Meyerriecks Father Daniel Velasco, associate pastor of Immaculate Conception Church,!-->!-->…

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNS) - Following Derek Chauvin's June 25 conviction for the murder of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed that it "brings a measure of peace and healing "to Floyd's family,…

Two other Catholic churches on First Nations reserves in western Canada were destroyed by fires that investigators once again consider suspect.Over the weekend, teams from southern British Columbia responded to morning fires at St Ann's…

VATICAN CITY, June 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis met with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday, who was visiting the Vatican following a decision by U.S. Catholic bishops that could lead them to deny Communion to President Joe…

John Vincent LaBardo, 71, of Jamestown, NY, passed away suddenly on Friday June 25, 2021 at UPMC Chautauqua. A longtime resident of the neighborhood, he was born on June 8, 1950 in Jamestown, son of the late Anthony "Tony" and Grace M.…

Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church is not his first account with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second. Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church is not…