By Cindy Wooden OSV News/Our Sunday Visitor VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive …Read More
Pope Benedict XVI Dies; Funeral To Be Jan. 5 In St. Peter’s Square
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Trilingual ‘Workers Mass’ lays the groundwork for diversity, solidarity
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — Hispanic, Congolese and Anglo Catholics celebrated unity within diversity during a …Read More
Clinton second-grader ‘surprised’ to win The Catholic Messenger’s Christmas card contest
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger CLINTON — Second-grader Hope Wissink was happy and surprised to win this year’s …Read More
Bringing Christmas cheer to families in need
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Catholics in the Iowa City area helped make the holidays merrier for immigrant families …Read More
Family tradition continues for more than 70 years
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger Since the early 1950s, the family of Bertha Ruth gathers the Sunday before …Read More
Faith, civic leaders call for permanent protections for DACA recipients
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT – More than 2,000 DACA recipients in Iowa contribute to the state’s wellbeing …Read More
Leaning on faith to cope with the holidays
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger The first Christmas after the death of her mother Pansy, in 2020, Deb Morse …Read More