2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (1055+ words) By Emmanuel Ogacheko Idakwo VATICAN — For centuries, “ad limina apostolorum” visits — the periodic pilgrimage of diocesan bishops to the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul and their meetings with the successor of St. Peter — have often been perceived primarily…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (226+ words) Image: diocese of ferns website Bishop Ger Nash will be formally installed as the new Bishop of Ossory today, in a ceremony at St Mary’s Cathedral in Kilkenny. Almost 1,000 people are expected to gather for the ceremony at 3pm where Archbishop…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (169+ words) A La Crosse bishop is celebrating five decades of ordained ministry as a pastor, missionary, and advocate for persecuted Christians. Bishop Patrick Augustine has traveled around the world and met with different leaders, prime ministers and kings to bring them…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (64+ words) dailytelegraph.com.au Religion, love and heaven: How Fowler helped Cleary find spirituality The great rugby league halfbacks have traditionally been comfortable in the limelight. Nathan Cleary is cut from a different cloth and he finds solace in spirituality – something…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (194+ words) A Dubuque church will host a lecture on the patron saint of Iowa and display some of that saint’s relics later this month. Veneration of the relics of St. Cessian, an 8-year-old boy who was martyred in Rome during…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (327+ words) Wales has welcomed its first female Bishop of Bangor following a historic consecration service. The Rt Revd Dr Manon Ceridwen James was ordained at St Woolos Cathedral in Newport, becoming the 82nd Bishop of Bangor and the first woman to hold…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (239+ words) Today, I visited a temple in Andhra Pradesh. I saw many people offering gifts and money to God. There is nothing wrong with faith, and everyone has the right to practice their beliefs. But what disturbed me was the condition…...