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Construction continues on future Roncalli Home for Priests
Progress continues for the Roncalli Home for Priests, which will be the Diocese of Owensboro’s residence for senior priests near the Carmel Home in Owensboro.
Diocese’s seminarians gather for prayer, brotherhood
During the final days of July, the Office of Vocations brought together the Diocese of Owensboro’s 14 seminarians for a summer gathering to pray and grow in brotherhood before school began.
More than a game
While, for the first time in history, FIFA World Cup matches were being played across Mexico, Canada and the United States – bringing together nations and millions of fans from around the globe – another World Cup unfolded locally in Bowling Green, Kentucky, uniting Catholics from different cultures through the game.
Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God’s kingdom grows in the ‘little things of daily life’
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, (OSV News) — Catholics from every inhabited continent gathered in Castel Gandolfo July 19 as Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer from the papal summer palace in the small Italian hill town, where the pope reflected on how the kingdom of God grows through “the little things of daily life.”
Catholics offer prayers, express solidarity over 2 ICE shooting deaths in less than a week
(OSV News) — Catholics and immigrant advocacy groups have expressed solidarity and offered prayers in the aftermath of two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers within less than a week.
Pope Leo shares meal with vulnerable guests at Castel Gandolfo
ROME (OSV News) — Under the Italian sun of Lake Albano and the shade of Castel Gandolfo’s Borgo Laudato si’ trees, Pope Leo XIV enjoyed lunch with people experiencing social vulnerability.
‘We all have freedom in our hearts’
“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”
9 things to know about the SSPX excommunications
(OSV News) — On July 1, the Society of St. Pius X, widely known as the SSPX, illicitly consecrated new four bishops without authorization from the Holy See, leading Pope Leo XIV to declare its bishops, clergy and formally affiliated laity to be in schism with the Catholic Church. Here’s a short primer on the SSPX, what happened and why it matters.
Vatican declares SSPX in schism. What does it mean?
(OSV News) — The Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X to be “in schism” after the traditionalist group consecrated four bishops without the papal mandate, marking the most serious rupture in the Church since Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s unauthorized episcopal consecrations in 1988.
Pope Leo calls all Christians to celebrate 2033 anniversary of Christ’s redemption together
ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has called on all Christians to work together toward the celebration of 2033, when the Catholic Church will mark an extraordinary Jubilee Year commemorating 2,000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
