Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 06, 2023
Pope Francis, 1.3 billion Catholics and the rest of humanity say goodbye today to Joseph Ratzinger after 95 years on Earth. A young man who lived thro...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 03, 2023
There is “no better place to find God, and to help others to find him, than in the hearts of the women and men” of our time. The assertion — sometimes...
Online Features, World
Dec 31, 2022
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever ...
Online Features, World
Dec 25, 2022
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war" buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 27, 2022
In this era of reflexive counterpunching, where powerful people and institutions are often conditioned not to back down, public apologies are rare. Wh...
News
Mar 24, 2022
Pope Francis has sent a letter to all Catholic Bishops ahead of the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, calling it a “...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 23, 2021
The news that Pope Francis will reimpose limits on the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass will disappoint and even enrage devotees of that ritu...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 10, 2021
On Friday, Pope Francis did something entirely new: he became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church ever to visit Iraq. And he did so with a m...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 06, 2021
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference took a major step forward Thursday toward easing the hearts and souls of the faithful. The conference issued a ne...
Births, Bradford, Lifestyles
Apr 16, 2020
A daughter, Wanda Stewart, was born April 7 to Rose Stewart Pessia and Dean Stewart of Bradford. The baby weighed 6 pounds and 5 ounces. She is the si...
Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Mar 25, 2020
ERIE — In union with Pope Francis, the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has called for a day of prayer to take place today, the Solemnit...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Aug 24, 2019
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — When Sister Therese Joyce came into the world 100 years ago this month, her birthplace, which was in a small, thatched house in Irela...
Local News, News
Mar 01, 2019
Hope. That’s what Bradford native Jim VanSickle took away from the Vatican’s clergy abuse summit he attended last week in Rome. “This trip has become ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 21, 2019
A message in Italian on the front of an envelope. A man who traveled more than 4,500 miles to make a plea for transparency from the man considered to ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 15, 2019
Clergy abuse survivor Jim VanSickle has a message to deliver, and he’s taking it to the Vatican next week. VanSickle, a Bradford native who suffered a...
Local News, News
Aug 21, 2018
In the public school system, the former practice of quietly relocating teachers accused of sexual misconduct was referred to as “passing the trash.” B...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 03, 2018
WASHINGTON — Imagine your own beloved child was lying in a hospital with a mysterious brain disease. Should you, as the parent, be allowed to decide w...
Local News, News
Dec 22, 2017
OLEAN, N.Y. — Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels will hold its first-ever Basilica Christmas Tour at 11 a.m. Tuesday. It’s a free guided tour that cov...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 22, 2017
ALM BEACH, Fla. — So the pope, the president, a Muslim and a Jew walk into a bar ... Surely, I'm not the only one to tighten the frame around Presiden...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 11, 2017
Stephen K. Bannon disrupted American politics and helped elect Donald Trump as president. Will he disrupt the Roman Catholic Church by joining forces ...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
