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Clergy assignments announced
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (128+ words) The Diocese of Columbus announced the following clergy assignments on May 23-24. RELATED | Clergy assignments announced " January 2026 Reverend Walter Elias Tuscano, from the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (SAC), received ad experimentum January 22, 2025, incardinated into the Diocese of Columbus, effective May…...
Father Goodchild: From actuary, janitor to priest
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (1089+ words) Father Zachary Goodchild said he had no thoughts of the priesthood until approached one day as a teenager. Parishioners at church had a question: Have you thought about being a priest? More than a decade later, "high school Zack" can…...
Pope Leo visits Italy's "Land of Fires,' meets families who lost children to toxic waste dumping
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (642+ words) ROME (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV traveled May 23 to the southern Italian town of Acerra, where he met with families who have lost children and loved ones to cancers linked to decades of illegal toxic waste dumping by the mafia....
Priest ordained for Columbus diocese
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (831+ words) The diocese gained a priest on Saturday, May 23 with the ordination of Father Zachary Goodchild to the Sacred Order of Presbyter. He was ordained by Bishop Earl Fernandes in a standing-room only Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral. Father Goodchild, 30, of Pickerington…...
LA Auxiliary Bishop Aclan, the 2nd Filipino American to be named US bishop, retires
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (336+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro "Alex" D. Aclan of Los Angeles, 75, who was the second Filipino American priest to be named bishop in the U. S. when he was appointed in 2019. The resignation…...
Somalia is nearing the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, aid and Church organizations warn
2+ day, 58+ min ago (761+ words) (OSV News) " Somalia is once again approaching the brink of catastrophe, agencies warn as the country is facing one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises." International aid agencies, including those connected to the Catholic Church, warn that millions lack…...
Maronite patriarch who championed Lebanese independence among sainthood causes advanced by Pope Leo
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (233+ words) (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including the Maronite patriarch who played an integral role in the establishment of modern-day Lebanon. During a May 22 meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of…...
Former cosmetics exec to be ordained priest is driven by "restlessness" of love for the poor
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1403+ words) (OSV News) "Ahead of his May 23 priestly ordination for the Diocese of Fresno, California, Deacon Scott-Vincent Borba " co-founder of beauty giant e. l. f. Cosmetics, who left stardom for the seminary " sat down with OSV News to share his thoughts on how he…...
One theologian's work on a Catholic approach to AI and his hopes for "Magnifica Humanitas'
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (677+ words) What does artificial intelligence mean for our future? As Pope Leo XIV is poised to address the topic in his encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas," Brian J. A. Boyd, the U. S. faith liaison for The Future of Life Institute, spoke with OSV News" Charles Camosy…...
St. Augustine, Florida: The real "Fountain Of Youth
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (590+ words) Written by R. Jared Staudt, Ph D (OSV News) " How many hours, how much money and effort pour into the illusive preservation of our fleeting youth? Legend has it that the conquistador, Ponce de L'on, sought the Fountain of Youth along…...