Editorials & Commentary

The Gospel before politics: Part II: Contemporary witness – Pope Leo XIV and the U.S. bishops

May 1, 2026 | A Matter of Faith, Editorials and Columns

The Church’s teaching on human dignity did not end with Vatican II. It continues to be reaffirmed by the Church’s shepherds today.

Pope Leo speaks: Lumen Gentium

Apr 1, 2026 | Editorials and Columns, Evangelization

Lumen Gentium is Latin for “Light of the Nations,” and is the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church from the Second Vatican Council in 1964. There was overwhelming approval for this Constitution with a final vote of yes from 2,151 bishops and no from 5.

The Gospel before politics: Why Christians must choose human dignity over ideology

Apr 1, 2026 | A Matter of Faith, Editorials and Columns

For Christians, the moral framework by which we evaluate public life does not come from political parties, ideologies, or cultural movements. It comes from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Hagan esto en memoria mía: Una invitación a la mesa del Señor

Apr 1, 2026 | A Word From Bishop Medley, Español

Este pasaje, junto con el relato del Evangelio de Juan sobre Jesús lavando los pies de sus discípulos, constituye el núcleo de la liturgia de la Iglesia el Jueves Santo.

Why Safe Environment training matters

Apr 1, 2026 | Editorials and Columns

A recent conversation with a parent in our own diocese shows just how important the Diocese of Owensboro’s Safe Environment program truly is.

The gift of communication as the deepest truth of humanity

Apr 1, 2026 | Editorials and Columns

This year, on the feast of St. Francis de Sales – one of the patrons of writers and journalists – Pope Leo XIV issued a challenge to all people, but especially to media professionals and others in communications industries.

Discovered in the safe: The mourning locket of Thomas Fitzgerald

Apr 1, 2026 | Archives, Editorials and Columns

Four years ago, the archives opened a safe that had remained locked for over a decade.

Do this in memory of me: An invitation to the table of the Lord

Apr 1, 2026 | A Word From Bishop Medley, Editorials and Columns

Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night before he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”