Who is Pope Leo XIV? A bio of the first American pope
By Jonah McKeown of Catholic News Agency Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 – the first pope from the United States. Smiling and waving while wearing more traditional…
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New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’ in first homily as pope
By Justin McLellanCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary outreach is most…
Read MoreTeacher at Little Flower School in Springfield wins 2025 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award
‘You never know what impact you are making, but this happens, and it truly answers that question’ Teacher at Little Flower School in Springfield wins 2025 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton…
Read MoreExplaining the conundrum with condoms
The “popular” wisdom these days insists that because we can’t stop our children from engaging in premarital sex, and because such sex can be dangerous and have bad effects, we…
Read More‘I was convinced of the Eucharist, and that Christ had founded the Church’: The conversion story of Father Seth Brown
By ANDREW HANSEN Editor Every Sunday growing up in Oakford, a small town in Menard County, Father Seth Brown and his family would attend New Hope Baptist Church and Sunday…
Read MoreSign up your child for Totus Tuus
Popular weeklong summer program coming to a parish near you This summer, the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is excited to have Totus Tuus, a fun and faith-filled experience for…
Read MoreSister Doris cares for the very young, walks with God among the people
By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor CENTRAL ANDES, PERU — Not all of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield live in central Illinois; in fact, right now seven of the sisters live…
Read MoreThey confronted hate and lies with truth and love
Seminarians Dennis Trickey and Padrick Mulligan share their story behind this image By ANDREW HANSEN Editor GRANITE CITY — A man is so convinced Catholicism is false, he creates…
Read MoreFor Lent, consider giving up your ego. If you think you don’t have one, you might be thinking of it wrongly
By MISSIO DEI CATHOLIC Lent is looming around the corner and I am not ready. I told God I wasn’t ready to give up anything more in my life. Driving…
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