Greta Gaffin

With only 19 parishes in his eparchy, the new bishop of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, Artur Bubnevych, hopes the missionary character of his church will be a spiritual home to those who need it.

At Siena College Research Institute and Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, polling is first and foremost an educational program for the students.

Sr. Terri Schell is director of Shepherd's Corner Ecology Center, which she said "invites us into a wider way of relating" to Earth. 

In The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Müntzer, Andrew Drummond paints a picture of a complicated society struggling with economic inequality just as much as, if not more than, issues of doctrine.

Benedictine Abbot Isaac Murphy, a lay brother, now leads the religious community in New Hampshire after a 2022 decision by Pope Francis to allow non-ordained abbots. 

A priest from Providence, Rhode Island, known for heading a food outreach ministry for those in need was ordained as the new Catholic bishop of Portland, Maine, on May 7.

In Pox Romana, author Colin Elliott looks at the effects of the Antonine plague on the Roman Empire and the place held by Christians in the tumultuous society.

Messina College, a new two-year, associate's degree program of Boston College, is designed for first-generation, low-income students. The new college's dean says the effort "brings us back to our roots as an institution."

Bishop Cristiano Barbosa is a new auxiliary bishop for the Boston Archdiocese. He is Boston's first Brazilian-born bishop, the second Brazilian-born bishop in the U.S., and at 47 is the second youngest U.S. bishop. 

"The Dominican charism is particularly timely," one sister said. "Veritas — the search for truth — the continued education of people, preaching. It's really badly needed in the 21st century." 

The Boston archdiocese's primary Catholic seminary has launched a new yearlong program to better introduce Catholic men studying for the priesthood to the basics of faith formation, spiritual direction and service. 

Three Catholic high schools in the Boston Archdiocese are closing at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, leaving families, teachers and alumni dismayed. But the closing of Mount Alvernia High School in Newton, Massachusetts, has sparked some unusual controversy online.