In their modern clothes, the sisters of St. Rose Convent are indistinguishable from the general public except for the silver medallion and golden ring they receive during vows.
- Saskia Hatvany, River Valley Media Group
Since the 1960s, the population of St. Rose Convent in La Crosse has declined from around 1,150 to 128 today.
- HOLLY GILVARY, JILLIAN CRAIG, GAVIN MICHAELSON and NICOLE POLLACK Lee Wisconsin
"Usually Catholics from the United States never, ever get to be pope, so that was kind of a shock and surprise and actually how fast it went as well too."
- Owen Ziliak | Wisconsin State Journal
“Long live the Pope! Long live the Pope!” chanted sixth graders from Everest Academy, a Catholic school in Lemont, Ill., in front of Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago, following the election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. American Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo…
- Andrea Eger Tulsa World
A win for the nation’s first-ever religious charter school in Oklahoma would represent “the most radical change to religious freedom under the First Amendment in American history,” one expert believes.
- Samara Kalk Derby | Wisconsin State Journal
"Pope Francis looked out upon the whole world with a pastor's heart and suffered with those who endured the scourge of war and conflict," said Madison Bishop Donald Hying.
- Samara Kalk Derby | Wisconsin State Journal
"We remember Pope Francis for his evangelizing zeal, desire for peace in the world, and love for the poor," said Donald J. Hying, Madison Catholic Diocese's Bishop.
Greek Fest + will include church tours and a chance to see the iconography by late Madison artist David Giffey.
Second Chance Bouquets takes flowers from weddings, funerals and other events and delivers them to seniors. "I look at us in the human joy department."
Bishop William Patrick Callahan retired from the Diocese of La Crosse after his resignation was approved by Pope Francis. Bishop Gerard Battersby from Detroit was named to take the La Crosse post and will be installed May 20.
Burke has defended his actions as being of service to the church and the papacy, saying it was his obligation to uphold church teaching and correct errors.
“There’s always been a determination and a strong will of those who wanted the church to continue to exist,” said Gregory Armstrong, pastor of St. Paul.
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