Special Report: Pope, USCCB call for dialogue in the Middle East
Pope Francis prays for reduction of tension between U.S. and Iran
Pope Franci...
Special Report
Accountability Oversight Committee 2019 Annual Report
To the People of the Diocese of Lansing,
With two years of the Witness to Hop...
Pope, USCCB call for dialogue in the Middle East
Pope Francis prays for reduction of tension between U.S. and Iran
Pope Fran...
Catholic Community Applauded for Contributing Thousands of Signatures to End Dismemberment Abortion
Michigan Catholic Conference is applauding the Catholic community in this state ...
20 Years of FAITH magazine
Twenty years ago, Bishop Carl Mengeling and Father Charlie Irvin opened an offic...
Special Report: 2019 USCCB Fall General Assembly
From Nov. 11-13, 2019, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) ...
Michigan Catholic Conference welcomes proposed federal rule change to protect faith-based child placement agencies
Michigan Catholic Conference welcomes proposed change
Be Love Revolution
I am excited to share a wonderful ministry for young ladies in the Diocese of La...
Canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman
Ordained an Anglican priest in 1825, he became a popular pastor, poet and preacher at Oxford.
Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal Update
IN SEPTEMBER 2019, the Diocese of Lansing published a list of priests who have b...
Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman, one of the leading Roman Catholic and Anglican theologians of...
Michigan Catholic Conference supports petition to end dismemberment abortion
A citizen’s initiative petition drive to prohibit the dismemberment abortion pro...
Michigan Catholic Conference Supports End Dismemberment Abortion Petition Drive
A citizen’s initiative petition drive to prohibit the dismemberment abortion procedure in Michigan has now begun.
An update on Catholic Charities and the State of Michigan
As we reported in our last issue, the State of Michigan recently entered a settlement agreement with the ACLU regarding same-sex adoption.
U.S. Bishops increase accountability measures
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) held its 2019 Spring Ge...
USCCB releases 2018 Annual Report on the Protection of Children and Young People
At the end of May, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Child...
Faith-based Adoption Services Under Pressure
Catholic Charities agencies have long provided adoption and foster care services...
Deacon ordination 2019
Deacon Eric Elstro
Deacon Eric and his wife, Mary Beth, have been blessed wit...
Special Report: Christus Vivit
On April 2, 2019, Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation was published. As a...
Diocesan assembly still bearing fruit with upcoming EWTN program
A term such as “never before” does not deter Craig Pohl, diocesan director of new evangelization, in being a visionary. Case in point: the diocesan-wide Made for Happiness Assembly held last fall.
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December 2018
Father Fred Thelen, pastor Cristo Rey
In my 25 years at Cristo Rey, this year...
They should be “Strangers No Longer”. A call to be neighbors-helping-neighbors
The American Immigration Council http://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/, tal...
Special report on Vatican Summit: The Protection of Minors in the Church
In a summit that began with listening to the survivors of sexual abuse by clergy...
Black history in the Diocese of Lansing
In Flint, Father Norman DuKette Council #90 was established in 1942 by lay members of Christ the King parish, and the Ladies Auxiliary Father DuKette Court #90 was founded a year later in 1943.
Statement from Bishop Boyea on the accountability of bishops
ON NOV. 12-14, I attended the meeting of the United States Conference of Catholi...