According to both organizations, Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Diocese current bishop - Salvatore Matano - and appointed John S. Bonnici to take his place. Matano has served as the bishop of Rochester since 2014. Matano, 79, is retiring after a career in the church that spanned more than five decades.

Since first launching the YouTube channel, Angelicum Media has garnered more than a million views on its videos.

A Jan. 1 fire destroyed an historic Dutch former Catholic church building in Amsterdam, reducing the famed 150-year-old building mostly to ash in a matter of hours.

Thompson said she is the first Roman Catholic Woman Priest in Kansas, but she is one of hundreds of women Catholic priests around the world. “We are still the church, but we are different in that we open the tent,” Thompson said. “We want everyone to feel like they are welcome.”