Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop George J. Lucas and appointed the Rev. Michael McGovern, Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, as the sixth archbishop of Omaha.

The Great Plains of the United States are sparsely populated, and in most areas that population is sparsely Catholic. While there may not be many Catholics in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and elsewhere ...

"His brief period as Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle promised so much for the future." The Archbishop of Birmingham added: "The priests, religious and people of this diocese, saddened at his death, will ...

Newcastle are back in the winner’s enclosure to end a frankly absurd trophy drought, while Liverpool simply never turned up until it was all too late in what is likely to be one of the more ...

Former priest Timothy Gardner, who was embroiled in the scandal which led to the resignation of the former Bishop of Hexham ...

Timothy Gardner, formerly of Newcastle, has been jailed for sickening online chats in which he claimed to be a GP who was ...

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid serious concerns over his friendship with the priest in December 2022.

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid serious concerns over his friendship with the priest in December 2022. The ...