“I love you, brother.” That’s how Paul Thigpen would always end his time with me, whether at a restaurant for lunch in northern Georgia or after one of our periodic 30-minute phone calls. As noted by a priest (one of 12!) who concelebrated his March 2 funeral Mass, Paul was a warm, ever-gracious man, one…
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English professor Leanna Brunner devotes much of her time to educating prisoners — work that she says is “some of the most rewarding work of my entire career.” “The students are some of the most devoted, conscientious, and hardworking I have had,” Brunner told EWTN News. “Every week that I go in the prison to…
An Iraqi Catholic archbishop said his flock is frightened and communication with Tehran’s archbishop has been impossible as the Iranian conflict escalates. Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, told “EWTN News Nightly” that the situation is “quite frightening” because the Christian community is once more asking: “Will it reach…
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Bishop Erik Varden continued leading the Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises on Feb. 26 with meditations on angels, trust in God, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s path from lofty ideals to what Varden described as a realism grounded in mercy. In his eighth meditation of the retreat, Varden recalled Christ’s temptation in the desert, when the…
International human rights advocates called on the Trump administration to caution Armenia’s government against veering into authoritarianism amid increased suppression of the country’s Apostolic Church. “The reality is that the government’s campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church, which has been going on for well over a year, continues unabated to this day,” said Ambassador Alberto…
Catholic parishes throughout the United States will request collection funds for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and other charitable groups during Masses on Sunday, March 15, and the vigil Masses on Saturday evening, March 14. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced the annual collection for the fourth Sunday in Lent. It will benefit six…
The Middle East has once again surged to the top of global headlines as renewed fighting spreads across multiple fronts, placing several countries at risk of continued strikes and retaliation, with no clear end in sight. Airstrikes on the Iranian capital, Tehran, and other major cities have raised serious concerns about the country’s Christian communities….
Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York is hosting a program called “All Good Things with Archbishop Hicks” for SiriusXM’s Catholic Channel. About a month after Hicks was installed as New York’s 11th archbishop at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Feb. 6, SiriusXM announced he is hosting the show. The program takes over the time slot previously…
