When white smoke billowed out from the stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, most people were watching from their screens, but Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester Diocese had a front row ...

NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters admits he hurled a throwaway line at Bishop Robert Barron and he is a substantial person. ...

Most Junes, the U.S. bishops convene for what is commonly called their spring plenary – a mid-year assembly to tend to affairs concerning their episcopal conference, and a way to move forward policies ...

Matano ordained Clyde native Father George Bastedo IV to the priesthood June 14 during a Solemn Mass of Ordination at ...

Father William Kulas, native of Dodge, Wis., and a priest of the Diocese of Winona, will celebrate his 40th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood on May 18 with a day beginning with a Mass ...

More than 180 potential witnesses could be called as the trial of Winona resident Madeline Kingsbury's accused killer is scheduled to start Monday in Mankato. Adam Fravel is expected to face a ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Diocese of Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert has announced new clergy assignments effective next month at the church. According to a press release from Schlert, decisions about ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn has published the names of more than 100 clergy members it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors over the diocese's 166-year-history.

Catholic churches across northern Lake County will merge over the next "several years" into four parishes, the Diocese of Gary said, in an effort to offset the impact of shrinking numbers of ...