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Delphine Marie Kleman

SALT LAKE CITY — Delphine M. Kleman, 86, passed away Dec. 14, 2013. >>>

Mary Jeanne Minhondo

SALT LAKE CITY — Holy Cross Associate Mary Jeanne Minhondo, 77, passed away Dec. 16, at St. Joseph’s Villa in Salt Lake City, seven months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. >>>

Bishop Wester's Christmas message

One of the most deeply felt needs we have as human beings is our desire to be one with each other. From the very first moment of our existence, we experience an intimate connection with our mothers and, once born, we are constantly striving for community, experienced first in the sacred bond of family life and then lived in innumerable relationships that enrich our lives. >>>

Mensaje Navideño del Obispo Wester

Una de las necesidades más grandes que tenemos como seres humanos es el deseo de estar acompañados. >>>

Bishop Wester's statement on the same-sex marriage ruling

The decision of U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby to strike down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage marks yet another stage in the ongoing debate regarding the definition of marriage in our society. >>>

Mandela 'showed us how to forgive,' Bishop Wester says at memorial service

SALT LAKE CITY — As funeral services for former South African President Nelson Mandela were underway in his home country, prominent Utahns gathered at the Salt Lake City Library on Dec. 15 to pay tribute to the man who spent 27 years in prison for his efforts against apartheid, but went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with his former political foe, South African President F.W. de Klerk. Mandela also was his country’s first democratically elected president, as well as the first black person to hold that office. >>>

Utah Knights of Columbus councils make history by winning international awards in two categories

SALT LAKE CITY — The Knights of Columbus national fraternal organization headquartered in New Haven, Conn., selected the Saint Thomas More Knights of Columbus Family of the Year as the fourth place International Family of the Year for 2013, while the Knights of Columbus stained glass window of Father Michael J. McGivney at Holy Family Parish in Ogden received the fifth place international Church Project award. >>>

Which is the real Catholic Church?

Earlier this year, Paul Kennedy, a professor of history at Yale University, wrote an essay in the New York Times titled "Which Catholic Church?," in which he expressed frustration about the issues non-Catholics constantly ask him about. Their obsessive interests are in the questions: [With the new Pope] Will the Church split even more into conservative and liberal camps? Will there ever be female priests, then bishops? What about the declining attendance of European congregations? What will the new Pope’s attitude be to divorce, abortion, the Jews, secularism in Italy? What about financial laxity at the Vatican? >>>

Obispo Wester habla ante lideres del DCCW

SANDY — En una reunión con los líderes del Consejo Diocesano de Mujeres Católicas (DCCW) el reverendísimo John C. Wester, obispo de Salt Lake City, describió el proceso de planeación pastoral diocesano que está en desarrollo. >>>