By Marty Denzer | Photo by Ann Puck On September 11, a morning radio commentator asked listeners, “Remember where you were 24 years ago today?” That got me remembering – I was at work, staring at my...
1945 – 2025 Sister Esther Fangman, OSB, 80, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died on Monday, August 11, 2025, at the monastery after a brief illness. The vigil service...
Fr. Phillip Ray Smith, CPPS died August 24, 2025, in Niagara Falls, Canada where he resided for the past three years. Fr. Phil was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 23, 1950 to Addison and...
By Allison Vrooman | Photos by Michael Hogan “Let Your Light Shine” was the theme for the 2025 Convocation. Staff from the 33 diocesan Catholic schools gathered at St. Therese Catholic Church in...
By Allison Vrooman Biking across the United States is not an easy feat, but one priest is set to do it for the second time during late summer. Fr. Matthew Ruhl, SJ and his crew will cycle...
Franciscan Father Jonathan McElhone chats with students at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
At these schools, students are introduced to a community’s...
Scott Maentz
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas
The retired archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas — a past chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life...
Pope Leo XIV greets an audience at the Jubilee of Catechists at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.
The commemorative day will take place on Feb. 11, 2026.
Daniel Ibáñez
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on September 27, 2025.
‘We are all called to live our Christian faith...