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Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Catholics continue to rally around Afghan refugee families in St. Louis
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Dec 30, 2023 / 06:00 am Despite dominating the news cycle for months in 2021, the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the plight of the thousands of people who fled the embattled country has largely exited the public consciousness. But all across the …
Sister Wilhelmina’s body placed in glass case after solemn rosary procession
By Joe Bukuras Gower, Missouri, May 29, 2023 / 20:02 pm The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, an African American nun whose surprisingly intact remains have created a sensation at a remote Missouri abbey, was placed inside a glass display case Monday after a solemn procession led by members of the …
St. Louis Archdiocese reorganization will cut parishes from 178 to 134
By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., May 30, 2023 / 14:50 pm A new plan approved in the Archdiocese of St. Louis will reduce the number of parishes from 178 to 134 amid concerns about a lack of priests and shrinking Mass attendance, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski announced over the weekend. The plan, …
Meet me in St. Louis: SEEK24 to return to ‘Rome of the West’
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Jan 9, 2023 / 10:07 am The SEEK conference, a major Catholic conference for students, adults, and clergy put on by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), will return to St. Louis in 2024 for the second year in a row, FOCUS announced late last week. According …
Bishops, local parishes pray after St. Louis high school shooting kills 2
by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Oct 25, 2022 / 15:38 pm After a gunman at a magnet high school in St. Louis killed two people in an Oct. 24 rampage, the local bishop and several nearby parishes are urging prayers for the victims and an end to gun violence …
Ransomware attack cripples St. Louis archdiocesan websites
CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2020 / 02:00 pm MT (CNA).- A ransomware attack crippled the websites of the Archdiocese of St. Louis last week, but data has not been compromised by the attack, the archdiocese told CNA. Several archdiocesan affiliated sites have been taken offline in response to the attack. …
New St Louis archbishop encourages face-to-face evangelization
CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2020 / 04:15 pm MT (CNA).- Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski was installed this week as the tenth Archbishop of St. Louis, on the feast day of the city’s namesake, Louis IX of France. The new archbishop challenged Catholics to put their faith into action and seek to …