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Catholics leaders react after shooting at former president Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania
By Shannon Mullen CNA Newsroom, Jul 13, 2024 / 20:57 pm Catholic ecclesial and political leaders across the United States offered their prayers for Donald Trump after an apparent attempted assassination of the former president Saturday evening at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. Among them was Bishop David Zubik of the …
Catholic pilgrims at Pittsburgh processions evangelize about Christ and the Eucharist
By Tyler Arnold Pittsburgh, Pa., Jun 18, 2024 / 15:15 pm Editor”s Note: Pittsburgh is on the Seton Route. The Pilgrimage will continue through western Pennsylvania, and Ohio and to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. To join the pilgrimage, and for details, click here. As hundreds of Catholic pilgrims processed through the …
‘God is real,’ says Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen after game honoring Damar Hamlin
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 9, 2023 / 12:00 pm There’s been a lot of God talk around the professional sports world since NFL safety for the Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a game last week. After the Bills defeated the New England Patriots on Sunday in stunning fashion, …
Outpouring of prayers for NFL player Damar Hamlin from Catholic high school, fellow players
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 3, 2023 / 12:30 pm Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin, in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during an NFL football game Monday night, is receiving an outpouring of prayers and support from his Catholic high school in Pittsburgh, his former college, and from players …
Pope Francis names new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of Pittsburgh
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Nov 5, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope Francis on Friday named a new auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The pope appointed Fr. Mark A. Eckman to the post on Nov. 5, assigning him the titular see of Sitifi. Eckman is the pastor of Resurrection Parish …
Priests share hope for new Pittsburgh parish in Black Catholic tradition
by Kate Veik Denver Newsroom, Mar 13, 2021 / 02:00 am MT (CNA).- Last summer, Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh made an important announcement. St. Benedict the Moor, a historic parish in the Hill District near downtown Pittsburgh, would become a personal parish in the Black Catholic tradition. Most parishes …
Diocese of Pittsburgh announces its third round of parish mergers
CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2020 / 06:08 pm MT (CNA).- The Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced that it will initiate its third round of parish mergers early next year, reducing its current 107 parishes to 81. The mergers will take effect January 4, creating 14 groupings of parishes from 40 …
Ex-chaplain to Pittsburgh Steelers named bishop of Youngstown, Ohio
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 17, 2020 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis Tuesday named Pittsburgh priest Fr. David J. Bonnar the next bishop of Youngstown, Ohio. Bonnar, 58, succeeds Bishop George Murry, S.J., who died June 5 from acute leukemia. The bishop-elect is pastor of St. Aidan …
170 years after pandemic, Pittsburgh Catholics continue cholera Mass tradition
by Perry West Denver Newsroom, Aug 20, 2020 / 12:25 am MT (CNA).- For more than 170 years, Catholics in Pittsburgh have observed a day of thanksgiving for their parish’s deliverance from a cholera pandemic that killed hundreds of local people in the mid-1800s. The annual Cholera Day Mass is …
Pittsburgh diocese to open personal parish to serve black Catholics
CNA Staff, Jun 22, 2020 / 04:41 pm MT (CNA).- Black Catholics in Pittsburgh will have a personal parish to respond to their specific needs, Bishop David Zubik has said in response to local requests and a listening session held in early 2020. “Along with their sincere enthusiasm and passion …
