Tom Novak, a member of St. Thomas More Parish-Coralville and Camino de Santiago pilgrim, walks the meseta, a vast plateau in the center of Northern Spain, in September 2024. (Editor’s note: Kim Novak, ...

The first session of Iowa’s 91st General Assembly wrapped up after pulling an all-nighter in the early morning hours of May 15. The Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC), the public policy voice of Iowa’s ...

Father Dennis Holtschneider, CM, gives the commencement speech to St. Ambrose University-Davenport graduates May 17 at Vibrant Arena at the Mark in Moline, Ill. MOLINE, Ill. — Don’t turn a blind eye ...

Father Mike Snyder, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Davenport, speaks to the congregation during a Teaching Mass event earlier this year. Just hours after watching her longtime friend ...

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.” ...

The May 8, 2025, issue of The Catholic Messenger featured a “Bishop’s statement on President Trump’s Pope meme.” I commend Bishop Dennis Walsh and the Messenger for posting this on the front page! It ...

Theresa Agnes Hellman, born Nov. 15, 1936, died May 14, 2025 at age 88. She was a loving wife, devoted mother of 13 children, grandma, great-grandma, faithful Catholic, and kind-hearted woman. Born to ...

Adriana Contreras styles the hair of stylist Cecilia Trejo in Adriana’s Salon & Blowdry Bar in Coralville. Contreras was born in Mexico and raised in Chicago before moving to Iowa. Adriana Contreras ...

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Youths and adults from Divine Mercy Parish in Burlington/West Burlington have been ...