VIRGINIA BEACH — As parents drove through the “drop-off lane” at St. John the Apostle Catholic School one morning last month, they were approached by a woman carrying a stack of flyers. The woman was the mother of a student at the private school, and the paper she passed through their car windows contained a […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Diocese of El Paso will be getting a new priest and the new addition is quite familiar with El Paso. Deacon Luis Manuel Rodarte Jr. will be ordained into the priesthood at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 28 at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1118 N. Mesa St., the Diocese announced. Ceremony […]
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The prominent Belarusian human rights group Viasna on Tuesday denounced an extension to the detention of a Roman Catholic priest who was jailed after displaying the Ukrainian flag in a social media post. Andrzej Jukhniewicz was arrested in early May and charged with conducting an unauthorized picket for displaying the flag. […]
Jun. 25—DELPHOS — The pastor at the Catholic churches in Delphos and Spencerville will soon oversee an entire diocese in Iowa. Pope Francis appointed the Rev. Dennis G. Walsh as Bishop of Davenport, Iowa. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, publicized the move Tuesday morning. Walsh, a native of Lima, served as […]
More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, have been killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement. The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities on Sunday, according to the […]
Gunmen attacked churches and synagogues in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing at least eight police and national guard officers and a priest, officials said. The unidentified gunmen launched simultaneous attacks in Dagestan’s largest city of Makhachkala and in the coastal city of Derbent. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it had opened criminal […]
Six law enforcement officers and a priest have reportedly been killed in what appear to be coordinated attacks by gunmen in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province. Attacks have been reported in a church and a synagogue in the city of Derbent and at a synagogue and police traffic stop in the city of Makhachkala. Regional authorities […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Armed militants attacked two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a traffic police post in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, killing a priest and six police officers, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said Sunday. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that a Russian Orthodox Church priest and police officers were […]
Jun. 20—Santa Fe school board President Sascha Anderson on Thursday announced plans to resign from the board to pursue ordination to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. “The reason I’m leaving has nothing to do with my time on the board of education,” she said at Thursday evening’s meeting. She said she’s been accepted to […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — First responders were called out to Percy Priest Lake Sunday afternoon, where they found the body of a person who reportedly went underwater and never resurfaced. According to Metro Nashville dispatch, crews responded to a possible drowning near the Hamilton Creek Sailboat Marina in the 2900 block of Bell Road just […]
A social media post caused a stir in May 2024 when it claimed that a Nigerian Catholic priest got married while retaining his priesthood. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the photo shows a Kenyan pastor who wedded in 2023 after leaving the Catholic church. A spokesman for the church in […]
A 24-year-old Fond du Lac County man has been charged in the February death of a 93-year-old retired priest struck by a pickup truck while crossing a Wauwatosa street. Clay Schueffner of St. Cloud was viewing a Snapchat video at the time of the crash that killed Father David H. Gau on Feb. 9, court […]