Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, was shot and killed Feb. 18 in his Hacienda Heights home, a neighborhood east of LA.
LA’s ‘peacemaker’ bishop found fatally shot in his home; death ruled a homicide
Pope encourages young people to be peacemakers
Continuing to talk about the “grave danger” humanity is facing because of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons, Pope Francis urged a group of young people from Belgium to be peacemakers.
Kazakhstan president welcomes bishops of Central Asia at first meeting
Kazakhstan’s president was aware that the newly created bishops’ conference meeting was held during the yearlong observance of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and the Holy See.
Minnesota sister, 92, honored for lifetime of fighting for human rights
Sister Zachmann, a Minnesota native and Mankato resident, has been selected by the National Women’s History Alliance as a 2019 Women’s History Honoree for her lifetime work of fighting for human rights in Washington Mar. 30.