By Barb Arland-Fye and Lien Truong The Catholic Messenger After four of their daughters’ heartbreaking attempts to escape communist Viet …Read More
‘Destiny led us to America, the best country in the world’
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Review of the 2025 Iowa legislative session
By Tom Chapman For The Catholic Messenger Before Iowa’s legislative session began on Jan. 13, Iowa Catholic Conference staff met …Read More
Praying for an increase in vocations
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — Water trickling into the baptismal font offered a soothing accompaniment …Read More
Let us follow Pope Leo XIV to make Christ known and loved
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Catholics celebrated Mass for Pope Leo XIV in English, Spanish and Vietnamese at Sacred …Read More
Two families, two journeys, one faith
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Last year, two mothers contacted St. Mary Parish in Albia to inquire about religious …Read More
Students make pilgrimage to cathedral
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger When the Davenport Diocese chose five Jubilee Year churches earlier this year, Lisa …Read More
Bishop’s dog named ‘Director of Pawsitivity’
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — With a wagging tail and a heart full of love, Bishop Dennis …Read More