Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Donald J. Kettler of St. Cloud, Minnesota, and named as his successor Holy Cross Father Patrick M. Neary, pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Portland, Oregon.
Expressing Advent joy and gratitude to Pope Francis, Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis congratulated Holy Cross Father Patrick Neary, pastor of a parish in Portland, Oregon, on his appointment as the next bishop of St. Cloud.
Caleb Williams, the star quarterback at the University of Southern California who won the Heisman Trophy Dec. 10, earlier made his mark at two Washington-area Catholic schools he attended for middle school and high school.
With her immediate family in Mexico, Rosana Hernandez works full time and sometimes overtime at a warehouse to support herself and her two young sons. That includes sending them to the Catholic grade school about two blocks from their home on St. Paul’s east side: St. Pascal Regional Catholic School.
Celebrating Christmas is important and beautiful, Pope Francis said, but he asked people to spend less on their celebrations this year and donate the savings to help the people of Ukraine.
On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the U.S. bishops' migration chairman reaffirmed the church's solidarity with immigrants, "each one of them a brother or sister to us all."