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PIKE CREEK — Denise Leuci, the assistant principal at St. John the Beloved School, has been appointed the new principal beginning July 1. She will succeed Richard Hart, who announced his retirement in March. Father Michael Vannicola, the pastor of...
Pope Leo XIV will encounter a living and growing Church when he arrives in Madrid, a revitalization highlighted by his planned blessing of the cornerstones for 12 new parishes, said Cardinal José Cobo of Madrid. In a May 20 interview...
Happy Memorial Day weekend! While you’re enjoying the unofficial start of summer, be sure to take a moment and say a prayer for our deceased military veterans who sacrificed so much. And while you’re planning your summer calendar, be...
WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. bishops, most from the U.S.-Mexico border region, wrote a May 20 letter to members of Congress expressing "grave concern" with budget legislation that would provide an additional $72 billion for immigration enforcement. The letter...
One of the most beautiful homilies of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate to date was delivered May 8, 2026, the first anniversary of his election. Pope Leo marked the occasion by visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary,...
Pope Leo XIV exhorted graduating students at his alma mater to take with them three key values that define the Augustinian tradition, while reflecting on the foundational principles of the U.S. as it marks its 250th anniversary. The pope's words...
Tucked away in a shady corner of All Saints Cemetery, headstones bearing the names Meenan, McCabe, Reilly and more mark the place where the remains of hundreds of citizens who were buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery now lay to...
WASHINGTON  -- Vice President JD Vance said May 19 during a press briefing at the White House that he is "looking forward to reading" Pope Leo XIV's upcoming first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," addressing artificial intelligence. "I think when the pope...
CHICAGO -- Clergy and religious have begun ministering daily to those being held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago -- for now -- after almost a year of trying to have regular visits. Groups from the...
Scripture readings for May 24, 2026, Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11  Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34  1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13  Jn 20:19-23 Did you hear that? Right about now, in a world torn apart by war and division and unrest in so...