Category Archives: Church News

“The Church everywhere proclaims the Gospel of Christ, despite persecutions, discriminations, attacks and at times hostile indifference. These, in fact, enable her to share the lot of her Master and Lord.” — Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas Message, December 25, 2009. … Continue reading →

The Holy Father today nominated Bishop  John G. Noonan bishop of the diocese of Orlando. Formerly the auxiliary bishop of Miami, he was born in Ireland. He emigrated to the United States after beginning his college studies, eventually studying at … Continue reading →

Four days ago, the Catholic periodical, Commonweal ran an article by Peter Steinfels entitled, “Further Adrift,” in which he cites the February 2008 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey. Mr. Steinfels’ take on the survey … Continue reading →

If you would like to read Archbishop Burke’s statement on being named a Cardinal, log on to his press release at: Archbishop’s Statement Let us all offer our prayers for Cardinal-designate Burke, that he may serve faithfully and humbly the … Continue reading →

The Holy Father today named 24 new Cardinals of the Church, including two Americans: Archbishop Raymond Burke (formally of the diocese of La Crosse) and Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. The cardinal-designates will be formally installed in a special consistory on … Continue reading →

Fr. Joseph M. Langford died two days ago in Tijuana, Mexico. Father Langford was 59, and it is reported he died suddenly of a heart attack. Ordained in Rome in 1978 for the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, he began … Continue reading →

I just learned that Bishop J. Peter Sartain, currently bishop of Joliet in Illinois, has been appointed archbishop of Seattle, Washington.  Congratulations, Archbishop Peter! The new archbishop and I were students together at the Gregorian University and at the North … Continue reading →

My youngest sister sent me today an article from the Washington Post about the future of the Catholic Church in America and Europe. The author makes some interesting points. I am not sure I agree with all of them, but … Continue reading →

It is so refreshing to read about the Church’s mission and efforts throughout the world. We in the United States tend to limit our awareness of Church to our immediate parish or diocese, with only a certain superficial acknowledgment of … Continue reading →

The local area is once again faced with headline news of a priest arrested for allegedly having child pornography on his computer. (The accused man is not from the Winona diocese.)  The pain that this evokes in all of us … Continue reading →

A reader left an informative comment on the last post to which I would direct your attention. A couple of additional sources of information are: www.ucanews.com and www.fides.org

I can find none of the ordaining bishops listed in the article on www.asianews.it as being bishops recognized by the Catholic Church on www.catholic-hierarchy.org That would seem to call question to the veracity of the report that  Fr. Anthony Xu Jiwei’s … Continue reading →

Interestingly, the episcopal ordination of  Anthony Xu Jiwei is not reported on the listing of events in the Church published by www.catholic-hierarchy.org which is very up-to-date on episcopal ordinations, deaths, etc. The Diocese of Taizh0u is listed as the Diocese of … Continue reading →