News And Updates

The United Methodist General Conference that ended May 3 approved a plan for full communion with Episcopalians, pending approval by the 2027 Episcopal Church General Convention. But what about the Global Methodist Church – which started May 1, 2022 and welcomed thousands of former United Methodists who left to join the new denomination within the […]

Joshua, Jessica, Jonathan, Lillian and Lucas Dahlberg pray together during Eucharistic adoration at Epiphany in Coon Rapids, Minn., May 2, 2024. They pray once a week at the chapel. Joshua began a remarkable recovery from a debilitating illness hours after he received his first Communion May 13, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) […]

Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera brim with joy as they witness their daughter Zia celebrating her First Holy Communion. On Saturday, May 11, 2024, Dingdong took to Instagram to post a family photo captured after the ceremony. In his caption, Dingdong expressed his immense pride in his daughter for embracing God in her life. He […]

A drone view of people being evacuated May 14 from their homes in a flooded area due to heavy rains, in Serraria in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Photo: Reuters [Episcopal News Service] Anglican leaders in Brazil are responding to devastating flooding in the nation’s southern regions – an ongoing “climatic catastrophe,” the […]

The pastor of the Abbeville church where a gunman entered the sanctuary Saturday during communion said the congregation was “rocked and shaken” by the indicent in which nobody was injured. “Our tranquil, peaceful, loving community was rocked and shaken,” said the Rev. Louis J. Richard of St. Mary Magdeln Catholic Church in a statement issued […]

LGBTQ folks have long found and created community in shared spaces: theaters, bars, and, of course, beaches. Asbury, Rehoboth, Fire Island, Provincetown: on the Eastern Seaboard, there are a number of meccas that invite and host queer clientele summer after summer. And while such hotspots may conjure images of speedos and tastes of vodka sodas, […]

41 Angels receive Jesus in the form of Holy Communion at Bondel Church Mangaluru: On May 12, 2024, 41 Angels of the Bondel Parish eagerly waited for this special day to become one with Jesus in the presence of the Parish clergy, parents, and well-wishers. They welcomed our Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ, into their hearts […]

A livestream of the First Communion at St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church captured the moment a teen suspect tried to enter with a rifle (Pictures: St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church/KADN) A teenage boy armed with a rifle attempted to break into a church through the back door while a First Communion was being livestreamed. The […]

ABBEVILLE, La. (KADN) — St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville was evacuated during a Mass Saturday after a suspicious person opened the back door of the church. The person was later taken into custody by police. A livestream on the church’s website shows 48 minutes into the service, a man approached Fr. Nicholas G. Dupré […]

A 16-year-old has been charged with terrorising after causing panic at a church communion service in the United States. Sixty children were preparing for their first Communion at St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana when parishioners noticed an armed person had opened the back door. In a statement, the parish said the individual […]