The driving force behind Catholics’ search for a new parish is most likely how close it is to their new home according to a new Pew Research Center survey issued Aug. 23, “Choosing a New Church or House of Worship.”
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Little Sisters Withdraw from 147-Year-Old St. Louis Ministry
The Little Sisters of the Poor are withdrawing from their ministry of caring for the elderly poor in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Mo., after 147 years of service.
Arrest Made in Murder of Two Nuns
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced Aug. 26 that Rodney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Miss., was charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths of Sister Paula Merrill, S.C.N., and Sister Margaret Held, S.S.S.F.
Nuns Told to Contemplate For the Good of Community
Two keynote speakers addressed the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly in Atlanta about keeping grounded and the mystery found in a changing world.
Bishop Sees Family as Key to African-American Catholics
The African family, with its reverence of elders, sense of solidarity and community and adherence to religious traditions has great gifts that need to be shared, a Louisiana bishop said Aug. 6 in addressing a group of about 300 Catholics who hail from the continent.
Sister of St. Joseph Is Still Missing on Vacation in Austria
Two weeks after a recently retired nun from Long Island, N.Y., disappeared while vacationing alone in Europe, more than 200 people gathered to pray for her at an evening service July 20 at St. Anthony of Padua Church, East Northport, where she lived.
Brooklyn Priest Prays At Republican Meeting
When Msgr. Kieran Harrington delivered the invocation on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, it wasn’t just a coincidence that he ended up on the same stage where high-scale politics would dominate for four days.
Black Bishop Says US Must Acknowledge Racism
The threat of being pulled over by police and arrested for something that even “hinted of going beyond the status quo,” was very real to retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., when he was growing up in segregated Baton Rouge, La.
La. Bishops Seek Meaning In the Midst of Tragedies
Baton Rouge Bishop Robert W. Muench renewed a call for a diocesan-wide week of prayer, fasting and reflection after the latest fatal shootings in the city, which this time took the lives of three law enforcement officers.
Polish Bishop to Accompany WYD Pilgrims to Krakow
Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop Witold Mroziewski, a native of Poland, is going to World Youth Day (WYD) with 400 pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens, as well as Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros. The bishop sees a deep connection between the Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis and celebrating World Youth Day in Krakow, a city rich in history in the southern part of Poland.