EDWARDSVILLE - Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois will celebrate Mass at St.

Well, a bishop who would become a saint. John N. Neumann was bishop of Philadelphia when he blessed St. Boniface Roman Catholic church at its dedication on Oct. 30, 1853 —172 years ago.

Dr. Bassey Akinde, wife of the Most Rev. Adebayo Akinde, pioneer Anglican Bishop of Lagos Mainland and retired Archbishop of Lagos Province, ...

St. Francis of Assisi Parishioners in Manitowoc have not only raised $2 million to restore a 19th century church. But last month, they began raising another $8,000 to pay for an Italian canon lawyer ...

Bishop Hennessey presided over the 10 a.m. Mass ... The Western Church has been celebrating Jubilee Years since 1300 when Pope Boniface first started the practice. A Jubilee Year means that ...

Other Jubilee churches include Holy Trinity in Dorchester, Dorset and the national shrine of St Boniface in Crediton, Devon. Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds, the chairman of the Catholic Education ...

Speaking to the Vatican’s Fides news agency, Bishop Subroto Boniface Gomes said that the “sharp increase” in the prices of food and other basic necessities in Bangladesh is “putting a heavy strain on ...