St. Joseph sixth-grader Caleb Nabholz crowns Mary at the St. Joseph Grotto beside the middle school campus in Conway. The students participated in prayer and song and also made handmade flowers in art class for Mary. (Courtesy Teri Breeding) Second-grader Marty Fonseca…
« read »Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announced the following pastoral appointments: Effective June 17 Rev. Balaraju Akkala, appointed administrator of St. Joseph Church in Tontitown and Blessed Stanley Rother Church in Decatur. He is relieved of his responsibilities as associate pastor of Immaculate Conception…
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Pilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying for the intentions of the pope can receive an indulgence, but so can inmates in prison and those who work…
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A small community of discalced Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has reportedly withdrawn a request for a temporary restraining order against Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth and a national Carmelite association. The nuns filed the request April 22 after receiving…
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Deacon Charles “Chuck” Farrar, who served as a deacon at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Little Rock and Immaculate Conception Church in North Little Rock, died April 20. He was 83. Farrar, born in Elmhurt, Ill., spent his career working…
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Mary Ellen Drake, a member of Christ the King Church in Little Rock, who became well-known across the Catholic community in Arkansas following a car wreck when she was 16, died May 2. She was 31. Drake and her family became champions…
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Executives from the apologetics nonprofit Catholic Answers told OSV News they remain committed to exploring artificial intelligence after the launch of the group's "Father Justin" AI project sparked intense backlash online — and resulted in the character's swift "laicization" to just "Justin."…
« read »“God of all creation, through our daily work you have made us stewards of the earth and co-creators with you. As a skilled carpenter, Joseph worked in Nazareth and taught Jesus the dignity of human work and the nobility of manual labor.…
« read »Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announced the following appointments. Effective April 30 Rev. Rodolphe Balthazar, excardinated from the Diocese of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, and incardinated into the Diocese of Little Rock. He is associate pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers. Effective…
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HOT SPRINGS — Jockey Keith Asmussen calls on his Catholic faith daily as he competes in the high stakes world of horse racing, and the sport’s stage gets no bigger than the one he will be May 4, when he rides in…
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