In conjunction with the yearlong renovation and beautification of the Jefferson City Diocese's Cathedral of St. Joseph, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight is adorning his social media spaces throughout 2022 with "111 Sacred Works of Art."
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the highest ranking Ukrainian Catholic prelate in the United States, declared during a March 5 online interview, "Morally, Ukraine has won this war."
The Catholic Church at all levels can find ways to involve more women in leadership positions, "but you have to start with wanting it. The how follows the fact that you want it; that's where the creativity opens up," said Carolyn Y. Woo, former CEO and president of Catholic Relief Services.
In a telephone call with Russia's foreign minister, the Vatican secretary of state "conveyed Pope Francis' deep concern about the ongoing war in Ukraine," the Vatican said.
In 2019, tobacco giant Altria, owner of Marlboro, invested $1.8 billion in Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group. The year before, Constellation Brands, the maker of Corona and Modelo beers, put $4 billion into Canopy Growth, Canada’s largest medical marijuana maker.
Sometimes in Lent, “we wish God did not know us so well,” said the Rev. Patricia Lull, who with Archbishop Bernard Hebda and three other church leaders in the Twin Cities led an ecumenical prayer service for peace in Ukraine March 6 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.
Father Matthew Northenscold, 32, recently earned his licentiate in canon law in order to work at the archdiocese’s tribunal and rule on annulments for divorced Catholics.