News
A call to journey with Christ beyond the Lenten season
Lent is ending and we will soon be celebrating Easter. It is a perfect time to continue your Lenten journey with Jesus Christ.
Interfaith leaders share about virtue of fasting during Faith Fest celebration
In the afternoon of Feb. 27, an interfaith gathering was held at the Islamic Center of Owensboro as part of Owensboro’s springtime Faith Fest celebration.
Youth 2000 celebrates 29 years of encountering Christ in the Eucharist
From March 13-15, 2026, young people gathered from all over the Diocese of Owensboro to attend a beloved annual youth retreat that has been offered for 29 years.
Vatican theological commission warns of replacing God with ‘a world governed by machines’
ROME (OSV News) — The Vatican’s International Theological Commission has warned that if humanity places total trust in technology in a “world ruled by machines,” it risks replacing the “living God” with a counterfeit “virtual God.”
Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV announced March 19 that he is asking the presidents of all bishops’ conferences around the world to convene in Rome in October to renew and deepen the Church’s discussion on marriage and family in light of “Amoris Laetitia.”
Anthropic fight with the Pentagon amid Iran war puts ethics of AI warfare in focus
(OSV News) — While the smoke was still rising from its ruins and rescuers were extracting 175 bodies from the rubble of the Shajarah-Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran, Feb. 28, the questions started about how this could have happened in the opening hours of the U.S and Israel war with Iran.
Pope Leo grants audience to Opus Dei critic as reform of statutes continues
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV met March 16 with Gareth Gore, the British financial journalist and author of a book that levels allegations of exploitation and human trafficking against Opus Dei, accusations that the Catholic organization calls “absolute nonsense.”
Serving up kindness
What do you do when a beloved tradition at your parish – namely, the Lenten fish fry – cannot be attended by the beloved older members of your community who are homebound?
Scouts enter into Lenten journey by praying Stations of the Cross
Scout Troop 2007, which is sponsored by St. Thomas More Parish in Paducah, prayed the Stations of the Cross in the parish’s Way of the Cross Garden on Feb. 20, 2026 to commemorate the first Friday of the Lenten journey.
Every role is important: Serving Paducah neighbors with St. Vincent de Paul’s Help Center
No two days are alike in the day-to-day operation of the St. Vincent de Paul Help Center in Paducah.
