Bishop Gerard W. Battersby, 66, has served as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, since 2024. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He and his brother, Chris, are twins and were the youngest […]
The thriving monastic community in Southern California has named Father John Caronan as its third abbot. […]
Grady Connolly, founder of Social Thomist, a social media agency working online with prominent Catholics to evangelize and shape the culture, has been visiting basilicas. Almost a hundred of them. In his book, Basilicas: A […]
Fulton Sheen was the oldest of four boys born to Newton and Delia Sheen in Illinois. One sibling, Joseph, died of a heart attack in 1955, while the other two died in the 1970s shortly […]
Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) will be beatified and receive the title of “Blessed” at a beatification Mass on Thursday, September 24, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Sheen was among the […]
The 16th Annual Napa Institute Summer Conference will be held at The Meritage Resort and Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, California, July 22-26, 2026. The event features presentations by a variety of prominent Catholic clergy and […]
Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong democracy advocate and devout Catholic convert Jimmy Lai, has become a prominent advocate for the release of her 78-year-old father, believing his conviction for colluding with foreign Chinese […]
Catholic organizations, including EPIC Ministry, the Knights of Columbus, and Catholic Charities Hawaii — as well as many Catholic parishes — are assisting many who have lost homes and livelihoods. […]
Bishop Francis Malone, 75, has served as Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, since 2020. Shreveport is the northernmost of the seven dioceses of Louisiana and serves nearly 40,000 Catholics. Shreveport borders Arkansas to its north, with […]
Two major pro-life walks organized by Catholics will return to California on Saturday, January 24. They are timed roughly in conjunction with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck […]
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