Pope Francis is taking the ... to dissolve or suppress a Catholic religious community is rare and in the Sodalitium’s case follows attempts by the church hierarchy to reform the group and ...

After his schooling, early priesthood and several efforts to bring Calvinists back into the Catholic fold as archpriest of the cathedral chapter of Geneva, St. Francis de Sales served as Bishop of ...

MANISTIQUE – St. Francis de Sales Catholic School will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26 – Feb. 1. The week will kickoff with a family mass on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Mass will be followed by a ...

Visitation will be held from 10:00 until the service hour of 12:00 pm on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. Milner & Orr Funeral Home and Cremation Services of ...

ROME — Pope Francis has called plans by President ... the next administration’s priorities on immigration. “The Catholic Church teaches that a nation has the right to control its borders ...

This is not the way to solve things," Francis said during an interview ... border drew a notable response from the head of the Catholic Church. After celebrating Mass near the border, the Pope ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has dissolved a Catholic religious community ... Francis has made addressing sexual abuse in the Church a priority of his 12-year-old papacy, with ...

Fairhurst Jr. 78, of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away on Sunday ... A memorial mass will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, January 27, 2025, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Clark ...

In early January, Catholic news outlets ... went viral and presented Francis as a fan of social media. That impression was further promoted by his 2014 sermon on the Church’s World ...

HEATH − St. Leonard Catholic Church ... assumed by the parish of St. Francis de Sales,” Fernandes wrote in his decree of extinctive union. “The parish church of St. Leonard retains its ...

Pope Francis was handed a “large white box” full of documents on “abuse” and “dark dealings” in the Catholic Church over a decade ago when he took over from his predecessor. The pope on Tuesday ...

Only one other pope in history, of the all 260+ who have sat on St Peter’s throne, had retired. If Francis had also ... that could have changed the Catholic church profoundly.