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Pope Leo XIV appoints Capuchin priest and former missionary to lead Florida diocese

The pope also accepted Wednesday the resignation of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, 76, who led the Diocese of Venice, Florida, since 2007.

From seminarian in Nicaragua to priest in Miami: ‘I carry my people and my homeland in my heart’

The Ortega regime’s repression of the Catholic Church could not silence God's call to Cristhian Mendieta. Having fled Nicaragua as a seminarian, the y...

U.S. government moves to seize land from New Mexico diocese to build border wall

The Diocese of Las Cruces has been named in a civil action seeking an eminent domain takeover of part of its land.