WHEELING — Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday his executive order providing religious and philosophical exemptions to required vaccines for school children “still stands,” and he has “no intention of rescinding it.” Morrisey issued updated guidelines Friday to families wanting ...
WHEELING — The Most Rev. Mark Brennan, Bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese, believes newly-elected Pope Leo XIV will continue the commitment of the Catholic Church to social justice based on his name choice and hopes Catholics can rally around him as the new leader of the church. The ...
MUSIC * Brighterside Quartet, Jay Humphreys Trio VIENNA — An evening of Southern gospel music with Brighterside Quartet and the Jay Humphreys Trio will be presented at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Cornerstone Gospel Church, 3100 17th Ave., Vienna. A $15 donation will be collected at the ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history's first American pope. Freed from their conclave, cardinals began describing ...
PARKERSBURG — A local priest said the selection of Pope Leo XIV was part of a tradition where a new pope is always chosen who will deal with the issues facing both the church and the people of the world. Father John Rice of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Parkersburg said the first ...
CHICAGO (AP) — After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV screens. As the image of the new pope, Chicago native Cardinal Robert ...
