Two Arkansas Catholic staff members earned first-place awards at the Catholic Media Association's Awards Contest for their exceptional editorial work and reporting on social justice issues.

Fourth-grade students are pictured in a file photo working on laptop computers at Monarch School in San Diego. An analysis from Pew Research Center published June 23, 2025, showed 57% of U.S. adults ...

Three years after a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its prior abortion precedent, states have enacted or considered differing legislation surrounding the issue of abortion.

Wendy Ruggeri was selected Catholic Daughter of the Year 2025 by the members of Court Our Lady of Victory #564 of St. Joseph Church in Pine Bluff. Ruggeri has chaired the Circle of Love committees of ...

On Sunday, June 29, members of St. Paul Parish in Pocahontas gathered to honor Jennifer Nichols on her retirement as parish secretary. She has served the parish for 19 years, working alongside six ...

Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV’s earliest days of playing priest at the family’s home in Dolton, a suburb south of Chicago. But his eldest brother, Louis Prevost, said, in hindsight, ...

St. Joseph High School in Conway held its annual Senior Awards presentation May 7 for the graduating class of 31 seniors. College scholarships were announced along with presentations of various ...

Joel, in the Gospel chosen for your ordination, Jesus asks Peter three times whether he loves him. Peter says “yes” he does and Jesus replies, “Well then, feed my lambs…tend my sheep,” which is how ...

More than 400 Catholics packed into the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock May 31 to witness one of the most important events in any diocese — the ordination of a seminarian to the priesthood.

The second oldest diocesan priest marked his 65th anniversary as a priest May 26 and celebrated his 90th birthday Dec. 31, 2024. He remains retired in Albuquerque, N.M. He offered this reflection on ...

Christopher Elser knew the path to becoming a priest and has followed it. On May 24, he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Anthony B. Taylor at Christ the King Church in Little Rock, and will be ordained ...

The Brothers and Sisters of Charity are hosting Vocation Discernment Days July 11-14 at the Little Portion Hermitage in Berryville. Attendees can explore life as a celibate brother or sister at the ...