A crowd of about 11,000 extras, including Catholics from Arkansas, gather in Midlothian, Texas, June 8, 2022, for the filming of the "Feeding of the 5,000" episode of the popular streaming show "The Chosen." (CNS photo/courtesy Diane Hanley via Arkansas Catholic)
Arkansas Catholics are among 5,000 extras filmed for ‘Chosen’ episode
'Part of me felt I was sitting and listening to Jesus’
Jazel Ramos, niece of victim Eduardo Uvalde, cries while visiting a memorial site July 6, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill., after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade. (CNS photo/Cheney Orr, Reuters)
Bishops say U.S. mass shootings have become ‘shockingly commonplace’
’It seems there are no days of the year when our nation is not grieving the latest mass shooting’
Images of Christ the King are seen as people gather in Mexico City's central Zocalo square during Pope Francis' visit in this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo. Mexican bishops plan a day of prayer for their country July 10. (CNS photo/David Maung)
Mexican bishops call for day of prayer against crippling violence
’There is a wound to heal’
Erin Stracener, director of the diocesan Tribunal, speaks to members of the Catholic Business League during their monthly meeting about the upcoming Synod Process Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Frassati House. Stracener, who is a member of the CBL’s 2022 Leadership Catholic class, and Dr. Brad Peper, diocesan director of the Office of Faith Formation, have been designated by Bishop J. Mark Spalding as the co-contacts to facilitate the synod process for the diocese.
Synod document suggests dialogue should continue
’What is most important is that the Church continues this journey together in lived synodality’
