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By Amanda Lauer
APPLETON, Wis. — A little creativity with Lego pieces by John and Holly Ostermeier’s six children has yielded a re-creation of the family’s parish church, St. Pius X in Appleton, right down to the altar, candle bank, piano and priest celebrating Mass. There’s even a thurible for incense and a candle snuffer. The children, all […]
Columns
By Olivia Gans Turner
As most of America knows, some states recently have provided greater protections to unborn children, which has resulted in appeals to the Supreme Court. Most of the attention this past year has been on the Mississippi law that would prevent abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation (Dobbs v. Jackson), and Texas laws that are awaiting court […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The Catholic University of America’s board of trustees has selected Peter K. Kilpatrick as the 16th president of the university, effective July 1. His appointment was announced March 29. He succeeds John Garvey, who has served as president for 12 years. “We could not have asked for a better candidate to lead Catholic […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
Stop me if this sounds familiar. You go to confession regularly. You confess basically the same sins every time. Nothing serious, just your “regular rotation” of garden variety vices. You generally, at the time, intend to stop. But there’s a part of you that wonders what you would confess if you jettisoned them. So, you […]
Parishes
By Zoey Maraist
The community replaces a church demolished decades ago with a house of worship 'beyond all of our expectations.’
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed the new Little Way Cafe at St. Louis Church in Alexandria March 25. Billed as the first parish-based cafe in the diocese, it will be a central gathering spot for a new ministry of evangelization and fellowship, said Father Keith O’Hare, pastor. Read more about the cafe ministry here.
National
By Tim Swift
This tax season, Americans have an unexpected figure to thank for one of their most-used deductions. She wasn’t an accountant, a lawyer or even a politician, but an actual saint. St. Katharine Drexel is well known for being a trailblazing figure in the early 20th century, championing the needs of Native Americans and Black Americans, […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
A three-year project to install 22 new stained glass windows at St. Jude Church in Fredericksburg was completed in March. The windows show scenes from the life of Jesus, starting with the Annunciation, said Helen Huff, parish business manager. “When the Church was dedicated in 2018, the windows were frosted glass,” she said. “In the […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis renewed his call for an end to the war in Ukraine and strongly denounced the conflict as a barbaric act used by those in power at the cost of innocent lives. “We need to reject war, a place of death where fathers and mothers bury their children, where men kill […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — God always forgives and joyously welcomes back everyone who returns to him, even after a life of mistakes and sin, Pope Francis said. “God does not know how to forgive without celebrating! And the father celebrates because of the joy he has because his son has returned,” the pope said before reciting […]
