Wednesday, March 20, 20240414Early morning phone calls aren't unusual for Father Joseph Friend -- a busy pastoral administrator of three parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas -- but a recent ring at 7 a.m. left him "100% blown away." On the line was Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, who advised Father Friend to get ready to head to Rome at the...
Wednesday, June 21, 20230154In a church that "bears the signs of serious crises of mistrust and lack of credibility," members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be asked to find ways to build community, encourage the contribution of every baptized person and strengthen the church's primary mission of sharing the Gospel, said the working document for the...
