Barnabite Father Giovanni Scalese holds a baggage trolley, right, as he arrives with five Missionaries of Charity nuns at Rome’s Fiumicino airport Aug. 25, 2021, after the group was evacuated from Afghanistan. Father...
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Catholic church in New Orleans is emergency shelter during Hurricane Ida
Despite being without electrical power, St. Francis Xavier Church in Metairie, La., became an overnight evacuation shelter Aug. 29, 2021, for 34 residents of the seven-story Metairie Towers apartment complex whose roof was peeled...
Pope meets with genocide survivor who inspired his Iraq trip
Pope Francis meets with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad and human rights activist Abid Shamdeen during a private meeting at the Vatican Aug. 26, 2021. Murad was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq in 2014 during a...
Pope: Pray, fast for Afghanistan
Archbishop issues statement on COVID-19 & vaccine mandates
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I write, first of all, to express my love and concern for all of you as the COVID-19 virus continues to create challenges and complications for all of us. I...
Archbishop speaks out on rights of conscience, pro-life amendments
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann leads a rosary outside of Planned Parenthood in Overland Park in this 2017 photo. The archbishop, who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, recently...
Retreat offers women a day of rest
by Moira Cullingsmoira.cullings@theleaven.org TOPEKA — Rest can be hard to come by, but Sept. 25 will be a day set aside for just that for women of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. A daylong women’s retreat at Mother...
Local families find farm life challenging and satisfying
Karen Pendleton picks flowers that she will sell at the Lawrence Farmers Market. Karen and her husband John have spent four decades weathering the ups and downs of agriculture in rural Douglas County. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JAY SOLDNER...
Topeka parish celebrates 75 years of faith and family
Lillian Faught and her son, Bob Faught, greet pastor Father Nathan Haverland after the 11:30 a.m. Mass at Topeka’s Most Pure Heart of Mary Church on Aug. 15. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann celebrated the Mass in honor of the...
New consultant has a ‘passion’ for special-needs ministry
Josh Ruoff, 26, a member of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Topeka, succeeded Tom Racunas as lead consultant for the archdiocesan special-needs ministry on Aug. 2. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JOE BOLLIG by Joe Bolligjoe.bollig@theleaven...