Bishop Emeritus William Franklin, 95, died April 10 at the Kahl Home. Bishop Franklin led the Diocese of Davenport for 12 ...

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By Lisa Powell SAU Theological Perspective The Latin word “peregrinatio” forms a dominant metaphor throughout St. Augustine’s ...

Several eighth-grade students from St. Joseph Catholic School in DeWitt placed in the 2026 Ida Kramer Children and the ...

Dan Russo Editorial Bishop William E. Franklin served as the head of the Diocese of Davenport from 1994-2006. He has ...Read ...

The celebration continues marking the 100th anniversary of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School. The culminating event is a gala in May, said Julie Delaney, director of development for St. Paul the ...

Parishioners look at damage to Ss. Mary & Joseph Parish’s Sugar Creek church after a tornado struck the area Holy Thursday, April 2. There was damage to the church and cemetery from the EF-1 confirmed ...

Bishop Dennis Walsh baptizes Carlos Osborne-Valdez during the Easter Vigil April 4 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport. Also present were Deacon John Jacobsen, Osborne-Valdez’s sponsor Diana Boyd ...

Pope Leo XIV is calling for a prayer vigil for peace April 11 in St. Peter’s Basilica. While addressing crowds during his Easter blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world), he was adamant.

Bishop Dennis Walsh, second from left, talks with a Department of Homeland Security agent March 3 outside the DHS facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as prayer vigil participants look on. In a polarized ...

DAVENPORT — The April intention by Pope Leo XIV is for priests in crisis. In response to this, Father Nicholas Akindele of Holy Family Parish in Davenport is encouraging the faithful to pray for ...

DEWITT — Since about 2019, St. Joseph Parish has not had anyone enter the Catholic Church through the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (formerly know as the Rite of Christian Initiation for ...