Joseph F. Naumann is Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann Recently, Mike Scherschligt devoted one of his Holy Family School of Faith daily rosary meditations to the spirituality...
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Cheers to an upside-down Advent
Father Mark Goldasich is the pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Tonganoxie. He has been editor of the Leaven since 1989. by Father Mark Goldasich I thought it was a recent fad. I’m talking about upside-down Christmas trees. I first...
Employers, courts examine religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Religion usually stays out of the workplace, but now with expanding COVID-19 vaccine requirements, employees’ personal faith is front and center as many of them across the country say they have religious...
Bishops affirm dioceses’ sainthood causes for three U.S. laypeople
Joseph Dutton, a sainthood candidate with the title of “Servant of God,” is seen in this undated photo. He was a Civil War veteran who served in the leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa, Hawaii, from 1886 to 1931, in...
U.S. bishops affix feast day for St. Teresa of Kolkata
St. Teresa of Kolkata is seen in this 1995 file photo. (CNS file photo/Joanne Keane) by Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops have assigned a feast date to St. Teresa of Kolkata. The date would be Sept. 5, the death...
Eucharistic revival could ‘move needle’ on understanding of Real Presence
Retired Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis, Tenn., celebrates Mass Oct. 8, 2021, at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., during the diocesan eucharistic congress. (CNS photo/Karen Pulfer Focht) by Chaz Muth WASHINGTON...
Latin American bishops’ assembly to learn from Indigenous communal work
A painting by Rick Ortega in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego is pictured Nov. 20, 2019, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. A regional assembly of the Catholic Church will be held in...
Synod on synodality should not avoid problems, archbishop says in homily
Bishops attend Mass Nov. 15, 2021, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Due to the COVID-19...
U.S. bishops open fall assembly with Mass
