Diocesan News

Bishop announces four more assignments

Bishop announces four more assignments

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Bishop Dennis Walsh has announced four more priest assignments effective July …Read More


If you had one question for Bishop Walsh…

If you had one question for Bishop Walsh…

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Catholic Messenger staff reached out to the faithful in southeast Iowa earlier this year, …Read More


People

Persons, places and things: Twilight at Olde St. Ann’s

Persons, places and things: Twilight at Olde St. Ann’s

By Dan Russo Editor I stopped for gas one evening in the small town of Park View. I decided to …Read More


The saint with a limp and the janitor with a purpose

The saint with a limp and the janitor with a purpose

By Father Rudy Juarez For The Catholic Messenger I recently returned from the Sierra Gorda in the Mexican state of …Read More


Features

A deeper understanding of hope

A deeper understanding of hope

By Jenna Ebener A reflection God has been testing me in some intense ways the past few weeks. As I …Read More


Dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Local Novena to precede national consecration

Dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Local Novena to precede national consecration

By Father Nicholas Akindele Guest Column “Behold this heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even …Read More


Opinion

Follow ups: Conscience protections, abortion-inducing drugs and ESAs

Follow ups: Conscience protections, abortion-inducing drugs and ESAs

By Dan Russo Editorial Gov. Kim Reynolds signed over a dozen bills into law May 19. Some of them address …Read More


Reading Vatican II documents

Reading Vatican II documents

By John Oven Guest column On Jan. 7, 2026, Pope Leo XIV began a series of reflections based on the …Read More