Pope Benedict XVI, nicknamed “the green pope,” called us to “exercise responsible stewardship of creation, in order to ...

DAVENPORT — For 20 years, St. Alphonsus Early Childhood Education Center offered daycare and preschool, especially for children in the city’s west end. On Sept. 1, the center closed permanently, ...

“We have been blessed with a magnificent gift, a home in a vast and beautiful universe. We call this gift ‘creation,’” Bishop ...

The homily inspired and stuck with me, with its message of gratitude for all of God’s creation built on the story of the ...

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger Continuous adoration and recitation of the rosary on the hour are set to ...Read ...

By Kathy Berken On Deck Until recently, there hasn’t been enough support and conversation in our parishes and religious ...

Father Marty Goetz, 59, will take an early medical retirement. The Keokuk native attended Southeastern Community College-West ...

DAVENPORT — Youths at St. Paul the Apostle Parish honored newly canonized St. Carlo Acutis, the first teenage saint of the ...

IOWA CITY — The Catholic community in downtown Iowa City is reaching out to those with questions about faith, whether they ...

By Sam Aitchison The Church is Alive! Sadness. Confusion. Anger. Frustration. Shock. These were some of the feelings I ...

Msgr. Robert H. “Bob” Spiegel, who spent most of his priesthood serving as a chaplain in the U.S. ...Read More ...

Students and staff recite St. James’ mission statement each morning, along with prayers and the Pledge of Allegiance. “It’s ...