By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Through our family room sliding glass doors, I can watch the changing moods of the Mississippi …Read More
Persons, places and things: Creation is groaning in labor pains
Category: Diocesan News
Marriage, divorce and annulment: Part Two: What happens next?
(Editor’s note: The Catholic Messenger is publishing a series on the Tribunal of the Diocese of Davenport. This is the …Read More
Bishop Zinkula’s journey to Vietnam
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger On his recent trip to Vietnam, Bishop Thomas Zinkula experienced welcoming and belonging — …Read More
Iowa teen sentenced in slaying of his Spanish teacher: Nohema Graber left a legacy of love, forgiveness
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger FAIRFIELD — At his sentencing July 6, Willard Chaiden Miller,17, apologized and accepted responsibility …Read More
The mission: Panelists share what it means to better witness to the Gospel
(Editor’s note: This is the third story in a three-part series on the diocesan Synodal Summit, held June 17 at …Read More
Iowa Legislature returns for special session
By Tom Chapman For The Catholic Messenger Gov. Kim Reynolds called the Legislature back into special session July 11, saying …Read More
“Heartbeat” law temporarily blocked
A Polk County District Court judge on July 17 granted a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the new “heartbeat” law. …Read More