A 47-year-old man entered Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth and opened fire during a concert in which hundreds of teens were present; the shooter shouted obscenities and demeaned parishioners for their religious beliefs.

Source: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/despite-decades-of-mass-shootings-in-texas-legislators-have-failed-to-pass-meaningful-gun-control-laws-31082273

Abbotsford mayor Ross Siemens speaks at King Church in Abbotsford at a cheque presentation for a local mobile shower ministry.

Source: https://www.abbynews.com/news/mobile-shower-ministry-gets-big-boost-to-continue-work-in-abbotsford-and-maple-ridge/

A busload of migrants sent from Brownsville, Texas, arrives at St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/story/2023-07-13/photo-a-bus-carrying-30-migrants-arrived-in-los-angeles

A candlelight vigil honoring Phil is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT Thursday at the Mt. Lovely Baptist Church in Camp Hill, Alabama.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/04/19/alabama-investigators-say-theyll-give-update-today-on-sweet-16-birthday-party-shooting-that-killed-4/

A Caritas Jerusalem worker named Viola, 26, pictured in an undated photo, was killed alongside her husband and their infant daughter in an airstrike on the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza, said an Oct. 20, 2023, statement from Caritas Jerusalem.

Source: https://therecordnewspaper.org/gaza-catholic-parish-mourns-fellow-christians-killed-in-blast-at-greek-orthodox-complex/

A celebration of life will be held at the Pentecostal Church in Oakland on Feb. 11 at 11 a.m.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/02/09/obituarykelly-fisher-2/

A funeral service will be held on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:30 am at St. John Lutheran Church in Merrill, WI.

Source: https://merrillfotonews.com/2023/05/15/aliaa-aly-grace-sosnovske/

Although episcopal biographies are not much in fashion these days, anyone interested in the history of the Church in Chicago will enjoy this book.

Source: https://catholicmessenger.net/2023/08/a-good-shepherd-new-biography-about-cardinal-francis-george-of-chicago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-good-shepherd-new-biography-about-cardinal-francis-george-of-chicago

“Although many religious sects share these worldviews, the FBI placed the Catholic Church in the crosshairs in order to prop up a false political narrative about a rising threat of domestic terrorism.”

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/08/whistleblower-docs-fbi-cites-southern-poverty-law-center-in-report-on-radical-traditionalist-catholic-ideology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whistleblower-docs-fbi-cites-southern-poverty-law-center-in-r

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday April 20, 2023 at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Long Prairie for Lawrence Krawfcyk, 91, who passed away Saturday, April 15 with his family by his side at his home in Long Prairie.

Source: https://wjon.com/lawrence-g-krawfcyk-91-long-prairie/

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, May 8, 2023, at 10 a.m. at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Millinocket with Rite of Committal at the Millinocket Cemetery, and luncheon to follow at the church.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/02/obituarymarylene-brown-2/

A memorial for the victims of the shooting was held at Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville on Monday.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/nashville-shooting-victims-covenant-school-b2309159.html

A Michigan musician sent a similar inquiry about an Estey organ installed in 1909 at St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Detroit.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/12/25/a-joyful-noise-how-a-long-closed-vermont-business-continues-to-resonate-today/

Among the teamsthis year, the largest was the 56-member Living Waters Church in Langley, which raised the most, $7,355.

Source: https://www.aldergrovestar.com/news/video-in-person-coldest-night-fundraiser-returns-to-in-person-walk-in-langley/

Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church in Marlborough 1974 until 1982 and St. Nicholas and in Enfield, Connecticut from where he retired.

Source: https://www.communityadvocate.com/2023/02/06/rev-fr-peter-c-chrisafideis-91-of-marlborough/

And it is coming to Holy Trinity Church in for one night only on December 28 to raise funds for young cricketers at Kimberley Institute CC.

Source: https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/frankenstein-and-igor-are-coming-to-kimberley-for-christmas-4432700

ATLANTA—A steady stream of cars pulls into a parking lot near St. Anthony of Padua Church in the West End.

Source: https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2023/12/catholic-charities-christmas-connections-is-a-sharing-of-blessings/

Attendees hold their hands up during a prayer following a town hall at Pinal County Cowboy Church in Casa Grande on Dec. 20, 2023.

Source: https://www.inmaricopa.com/bannon-others-join-crane-for-town-hall/

At the end of the sessions, 251 participants, selected from every Catholic Church in Lagos, and some non-Catholic denominations, won prizes ranging from N50,000 to N1 million.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/our-expectations-of-december-gospel-concerts/

A volunteer gives a bag with bread to a woman at a food distribution center at the Catholic St. William Church in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/business/europe-sees-inflation-drop-to-61-but-real-relief-for-consumers-will-take-months-7081693