Priest assignments announced
SAN DIEGO — The Office of the Bishop has announced the following priest assignments: With the permission of his provincial, Father Casmir Irechukwu has…
Pope Resumes Duties After Surgery
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — During his first full day back at the Vatican after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV thanked everyone…
Valley Conference will be Nov. 7
BRAWLEY — The diocese invites the Catholic community in the Imperial Valley to an “Encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe,” the theme of its…
Pope Leaves Hospital after Lung Cancer Surgery
By Josephine Peterson ROME — Just four days after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV left Rome’s Gemelli hospital Oct. 17, days…
Children transformed from ‘almost catatonic’ to ‘thriving’
OCEANSIDE — It’s not often that an announcement at Sunday Mass changes your life. But it happened 11 years ago to Jim Napier, of…
Piarists serving as missionaries in … Appalachia?
SAN DIEGO — When you think of “the missions,” what do you imagine? Would you be surprised to learn that there is still mission…
Centenary and beatification make for a historic ‘Mission Sunday’
By Father Soney Sebastian, SVD World Mission Sunday 2026 holds a unique place in the life of the Church as Catholics around the world…
Bishop’s World Mission Sunday message
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, World Mission Sunday 2026, celebrated on Oct. 17-18, marks the 100th anniversary of its establishment by Pope Pius…
Cancerous tumor removed from Pope Leo’s lung
By Carol Glatz and Josephine Peterson VATICAN CITY — Doctors removed a cancerous tumor from Pope Leo XIV’s lower lobe of his right lung,…
New culture flourishing across diocese
SAN DIEGO — “The Spirit is already alive here.” That’s what a leading voice at the Vatican, Sister Nathalie Becquart, affirmed during a recent…
Pope to have surgery to remove a lung nodule
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV announced that doctors recently found “a small, localized nodule” in his lung and that he…
