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On July 27,  St. Dennis Parish in Galena hosted it's annual "Drive Thru" Bull Roast. This year's roast included optional outdoor seating and corn hole games for attendees. The generous menu included half a fried chicken, pit-roasted beef, two ears of...
VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis has called on political leaders to be at the service of the poor, the unemployed and the common good. The world cannot promote "universal fraternity" without good politics, the pope said in a video message...
By Wendy Klesch The Catholic Virginian The Six Directions St. Kateri Circle, along with the Diocese of Richmond’s Office of Ethnic Ministries, sponsored a two-day celebration July 13 and 14 at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk,...
Behind the scenes of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, longtime friends Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, and Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, sat down in a hotel conference room to talk. As their conversation unfolded,...
The 10th annual National Eucharistic Congress, held in mid-July in Indianapolis, might have been out of reach for many Catholics in the Diocese of Wilmington, but the diocese is hoping local people take advantage to experience something similar closer...
Iowa's law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy, will take effect July 29, after a Polk County District judge lifted the injunction against the law. The law will take effect one...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.  -- In a historic day for the Diocese of Knoxville, Bishop Mark Beckman was ordained July 26 as the church in East Tennessee's fourth shepherd. Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, the province that includes the Knoxville...
PARIS -- The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games -- a sports festival aimed to unite all nations of the world -- created shock and disbelief instead as Catholics around the world felt offended by the parody of...
By Sean Gallagher, OSV News INDIANAPOLIS -- The line to enter the relic chapel at the National Eucharistic Congress snaked a long way through the Indiana Convention Center while the event took place from July 17-21. Congress attendees seeking to venerate...
I saw it. The church in the United States has witnessed the defining moment of a generation. There's no other way to describe it. I had high hopes for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, but, to put it...