By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On the first day of their pre-conclave meetings, all of the cardinals were given a gold-embossed, green book of rites and prayers to […]
This week’s issue covers Pope Benedict XVI’s farewell to pilgrims and the cardinals. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades addresses the Lenten journey and the election of the new pope in his […]
“Receiving Holy Communion connects, in the Person of Christ, our love of God and love of neighbor.” — Father Daniel Scheidt Catholic second-grade teachers throughout the Church are preparing their […]
By Michelle Castleman FORT WAYNE — The annual Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) vs. Inter-City Catholic League (ICCL) showdown between the two ends of the diocese took place on Saturday afternoon, […]
MISHAWAKA — The Year of Faith, established this year by Pope Benedict XVI, is a “summons to an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the One Savior of the […]
Lenten Way of the Cross We are midway through our Lenten journey of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a good time to reflect on our spiritual itinerary, how we […]
By Vince LaBarbera CHURUBUSCO — Sixteen men sat around four, eight-foot tables arranged in a U-shape in the basement of St. John Bosco Church in Churubusco on a Lenten Wednesday […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier lawmakers passed a pilot program initiative to grant 1,000 low income children access to a high-quality prekindergarten education. The proposal, HB 1004, which passed the Indiana House […]
4th Sunday of Lent Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 This weekend the Church observes Laetare Sunday, the name being derived from the first word, in Latin, of the Entrance Antiphon. The word […]
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Chanting the Litany of the Saints, asking a host of holy men and women to help them, the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel […]
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While @Pontifex has fallen silent during the interregnum, a handful of social media-savvy cardinals are still tweeting while they can before a different […]
By Sean Gallagher INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Since Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation Feb. 11, various commentators on church affairs — and also some church leaders — said that reforming […]
