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Adoration chapel opens in Spooner
Shawna Cleveland, a parishioner at St. Francis de Sales Church, Spooner, spends an hour each Thursday evening in the church’s new adoration chapel. The chapel space was created by moving the reconciliation room to another part of the church.
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Youth Rally 2013
Attendees were invited to extend a blessing to Doug Tooke of Monarch Catholic Ministries as he prepared to begin his keynote presentation at the diocesan youth rally, Wednesday, April 17, at Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Rhinelander. Read more>>


First Colombian Saint
A nun wears a Mexican sombrero as people wait for the start of a canonization Mass led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 12. The pope canonized the first Colombian saint, as well as a Mexican nun and some 800 Italians martyred by Ottoman Turks in the 15th century. (CNS photo/Stefano Rellandini, Reuters)


Pro-life march in Rome
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke marches with pro-life demonstrators during the third annual national March for Life in Rome May 12. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Swearing in ceremony
A Swiss Guard recruit takes his oath during the swearing-in ceremony for 35 recruits in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 6. New recruits are sworn in every May 6 to commemorate the day 147 Swiss Guards died saving Pope Clement VII's life during the 1527 sack of Rome. Read more>>


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Pope's schedule includes parish visit, Year of Faith liturgies
5/21/2013
Between Pentecost and his trip to Brazil, Pope Francis will preside over a prayer service with all the bishops of Italy, visit a Rome parish and celebrate other liturgies -- both those traditionally part of a pope's schedule and those designed specifically for the Year of Faith.
FCC to try rewriting broadcast indecency standards; will it succeed?
5/17/2013
After running afoul of the courts yet again, the Federal Communications Commission is taking another stab at rewriting its regulations on indecent content on over-the-air television and radio.
Vatican Legal: Church teaching doesn't change, but church laws can
5/17/2013
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.
Researchers' embryonic stem-cell advance decried as morally troubling
5/17/2013
As Oregon scientists announced May 15 that they had successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities warned that the technique is morally troubling on many levels.
Pavone: 'Truth of abortion' exposed in trial will bring end to abortion
5/17/2013
Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, predicted "the end of abortion in our lifetime" in a recent talk he gave in Madison sponsored by Wisconsin Right to Life.
Pope says there are no part-time Christians; faith is a full-time job
5/15/2013
Catholics can't put their faith on a part-time schedule or rely on it just for the moments they choose; being Christian is a full-time occupation, Pope Francis said.


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