Lumen Gentium is Latin for “Light of the Nations,” and is the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church from the Second Vatican Council in 1964. There was overwhelming approval for this Constitution with a final vote of yes from 2,151 bishops and no from 5.
For Christians, the moral framework by which we evaluate public life does not come from political parties, ideologies, or cultural movements. It comes from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
A recent conversation with a parent in our own diocese shows just how important the Diocese of Owensboro’s Safe Environment program truly is.
This year, on the feast of St. Francis de Sales – one of the patrons of writers and journalists – Pope Leo XIV issued a challenge to all people, but especially to media professionals and others in communications industries.
Four years ago, the archives opened a safe that had remained locked for over a decade.
Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night before he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
It’s been ten years since I smelled of Sacred Chrism.
Lent is ending and we will soon be celebrating Easter. It is a perfect time to continue your Lenten journey with Jesus Christ.
The November 1939 issue of The Mount, Mount Saint Joseph Academy’s newspaper, proclaimed “A never to be forgotten happiness came to Mount Saint Joseph on Wednesday, November 8th, in the visit of Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, noted Catholic writer and radio speaker.”
For his Wednesday General Audiences in 2026, Pope Leo XIV has shifted the focus to a new cycle of catechesis dedicated to the Second Vatican Council and its documents.