Today it’s one of the biggest and most prominent of Johnson County parishes. But at one time, Church of the Ascension was the parish with no name.
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Priest assignments announced
Father John Riley, chancellor, announces the following appointments made by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, effective July 1
Archdiocesan priests plot strategy for softball comeback
Heading into the third annual Pitching for Priests event at 0-2, priests from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas are eager to get the win this time around.
Canada’s House sends assisted suicide bill to Senate for approval
The Canadian government's assisted suicide legislation, which the nation's bishops describe as "fundamentally unjust" and an "affront to human dignity," easily passed third and final reading in the House of Commons May 31 and was...
Student says religious icons are ‘transitions, windows into spirituality’
Layer by layer, an icon comes to life. First dark colors obscure the brilliant white gesso covering a wooden board. Brighter and paler colors and shiny gold leaf follow.
Life is short; start forgiving, making amends, pope tells priests
Mercy recognizes that life is short and that so much good needs to be done that there is no time to waste in making amends, Pope Francis told priests.
Chaldean Catholic patriarch leads interfaith prayer for peace
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad called for reconciliation and an end to all forms of extremism at an interfaith gathering he hosted in the Iraqi capital to pray for peace in Iraq, Syria and in the wider Middle...
Boys, girls make Year of Mercy pilgrimage to monasteries in Minnesota
The idea of a pilgrimage during the Year of Mercy took Benedictine Sister Lisa Kittock by storm.
Hearing focuses on need to protect religious minorities in Iraq, Syria
A Capitol Hill hearing May 26 focused on protecting religious minorities, including Christians, from ongoing Islamic State persecution in Iraq and Syria.
Archdiocese offers $65 million in remuneration for sex abuse victims
Sixteen months after entering Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis filed a plan for reorganization May 26 as part of the bankruptcy process.