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Crises are accelerators: They take established patterns and speed them up. Even before the COVID-19 crisis hit, most parishes and dioceses likely suffered from financial instability. The pandemic exacerbated and accelerated those financial concerns.

REGENSBURG, Germany (CNS) -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via livestreaming, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.

Rother Feast Day July 28

OKARCHE – Holy Trinity Catholic Church will celebrate native son Blessed Stanley Rother with a special memorial Mass on his feast day, July 28, and the annual parish carnival July 25.

In an effort to further help pregnant women in need across the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Walking with Moms in Need program was established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops pro-life committee for parishes.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced a new training program for volunteers, staff members and clergy that will be required before working with minors in Catholic churches or schools. The program launched July 1.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Archbishop Paul Coakley announced Wednesday the selection of Leif Arvidson as the executive director for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. Arvidson was selected after a national search.

Rev. Eugene Marshall, O.S.B., died on June 18 at age 97. He had completed 76 years of monastic profession and 70 years of priestly ministry. At the time of his death, he was the most senior and eldest member of the monastic community and the oldest Catholic priest in Oklahoma.

This is part of a series to introduce the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

Given the current discussion on racial inequality and its consequences, and in light of Archbishop Coakley’s prayer to protect life and end the sin of racism, understanding the Catholic Church’s response to racism historically in Oklahoma is imperative.

More than 40 decorated cars lined up on the afternoon of June 17 near Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Lawton for a Farewell Parade to wish Father Brian Buettner and Father Vic Luong farewell. Both priests received new assignments to churches in Norman and Oklahoma City where they began July 1.

Most parish summer programs for youth this year have been cancelled or reduced due to COVID-19. This was not the case for a group of 10 girls from Saint Mary Catholic Church in Guthrie and two girls from Saint Monica Catholic Church in Edmond who made a pilgrimage to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent in Wichita, Kan.

Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School named Bentley Edmonds (1981) and Lisa Ruffin Edmonds (1982) as its Distinguished Alumni of the Year during the 2020 commencement ceremony on June 16.

Have you ever had the experience of seeing a movie trailer and then talking about the movie with others like you have seen it? Or read the first couple chapters of a book and then tell others about it without really knowing how it all ended? It’s a common experience with kids and one I have witnessed many times over the years with our children.

In February 2007, then Pope Benedict gifted us with his Apostolic Exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis,” on the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Church’s life and mission. It was the 22nd of February, the Feast of the Chair of Peter. I would like to offer seven quotes from this exhortation that best summarize his eucharistic theology. Let’s begin with the first paragraph where the Eucharist as love is clearly expressed.

Often “the best things come in small packages.” This common saying is definitely fitting for the book, “Jesus Invites Me to Mass.”

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked the Trump administration to halt several scheduled executions after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from four death row inmates.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a 5-4 ruling June 30, the Supreme Court said the exclusion of religious schools in Montana's state scholarship aid program violated the federal Constitution.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) -- Arriving in the early evening at Fatima Hospital, Father Richard Narciso -- his anxiety level already raised due to the circumstances -- listened intently as Gloria, the nurse assigned to guide him, detailed the procedures he would need to follow to mitigate his risk of falling prey to COVID-19, the same illness afflicting the patient he had arrived to anoint.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees have called for "better practices for formation and accountability for police" in a joint letter to all members of Congress.