By Kristina Millare Rome Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 16:40 pm Pope Francis blessed vestments known as “pallia” during Mass on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, June 29. Each blessed pallium — bands made of white wool adorned with six …

By Hannah Brockhaus, Jonathan Liedl Vatican City, Jul 26, 2023 / 05:51 am Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Bishop Thomas Zinkula of Davenport to lead Iowa’s Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque. Zinkula, 66, has led the Davenport Diocese in southeast Iowa since 2017. The Archdiocese of Dubuque has been run by an apostolic …

by Michelle La Rosa Denver Newsroom, Jun 2, 2020 / 12:42 am MT (CNA).- Bishop Thomas Zinkula of Davenport, Iowa has written a letter to the local homeland security chief asking for the release of three detained immigrants from Guatemala. The bishop says that the three men are non-violent offenders …