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Local Catholics React to First American Pope
The election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8, left Catholics around the world with mouths agape in shock at the news that an American, hailing from Chicago, was […]
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Catholic Therapists Integrate Faith, Spirituality into Treatment
By Kimberly Heatherington (OSV News) – Mental illness in America has been declared an official social health care emergency – especially since the COVID-19 pandemic and as community-fragmenting forms of […]
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Bishop Rhoades Opens Inquiry into the Life and Holiness of Brother Columba O’Neill
On the evening of Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, following vespers at a crowded Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, officials from […]
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‘Ready to Follow Jesus’
Perpetual Pilgrim from Fort Wayne Set to Begin 3,000-Mile Journey with National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Jesus is on the move again, and He’s not travelling alone. Ten months after nearly 60,000 […]
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Local Family Shares Experience of Being in Rome for Easter, Pope’s Funeral
Virginia Muñoz, a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Church in Goshen and principal of St. John Catholic School, planned a two-week trip to Rome for her daughter’s 15th birthday […]
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Catholic Educators Honored in Fort Wayne
Quality Dining Hosts Second ‘You Can Lend a Hand’ Luncheon Hundreds of people gathered for a special luncheon and awards ceremony at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne on […]
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Around the Diocese: May 4, 2025
On Saturday, April 26, hundreds of motorcyclists rode to St. Patrick Catholic Church in Arcola for the community’s annual Blessing of the Bikes. The church and school parking lots were […]
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Consolidation of St. Casimir Parish and St. Adalbert Parish, South Bend, Indiana
SINGULAR DECREE According to CJC/83 canon 515 §2 of the Code of Canon Law, “The diocesan bishop alone is competent to erect, suppress, or alter parishes …” The Second Vatican […]
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St. Adalbert, St. Casimir Parishes in South Bend to Consolidate
After decades of sharing their ministerial and communal lives, two neighboring parishes in South Bend will officially consolidate this summer according to a decree signed by Bishop Rhoades. Effective on […]
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‘A Father to the Whole World’: Local Catholics Mourn the Death of Pope Francis
In the hours following the news of Pope Francis’ death on Easter Monday, April 21, Catholics from across the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend reacted with sorrow but also appreciation […]
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Explore the Saints and Shrines of France
Life is a journey, but for Christians this is not just an ordinary journey, it’s a pilgrimage. Author Matthew Kelly defines a pilgrimage as “a sacred journey undertaken for a […]
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Jesus’ Last Words: Palm Sunday at St. Matthew Cathedral
Bishop Rhoades celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend this year. The procession was held before the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 13, and it […]