Rev. Michael McGovern is now officially the sixth Archbishop of Omaha, succeeding Archbishop George Lucas, who has been the ...

A day after he was seated as Archbishop of Omaha, the new diocesan leader praised Pope Leo’s leadership and said a ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Wednesday was a special day for Catholics in Omaha and across the world. Many inside St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha were welcoming a new Archbishop to the metro and around 45,000 ...

It just really felt magical,” the Rev. Joseph Wahlmeier, a Lincoln priest who was in St. Peter's Square to witness ...

Following the selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City has ...

Omaha's Archdiocese said farewell to Archbishop George Lucas at Saint Cecilia Cathedral. Lucas is retiring in May. Canon law ...

He was a teenager at the Cathedral of St. Peter when he decided he wanted to be a priest, he told the BND in 2015.

LUCAS IS RETIRING IN MAY. CANON LAW REQUIRES IT WHEN A BISHOP TURNS 75. THE ARCHDIOCESE INTRODUCED ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL MCGOVERN AS HIS SUCCESSOR LAST MONTH. HE COMES FROM BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

The funeral Mass will be at noon Friday at the cathedral with Belleville Bishop Michael McGovern presiding. McGovern is scheduled to take a new appointment as archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Bishop Michael McGovern celebrated a memorial Mass for Pope Francis Monday night at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville. “I think about how truly Pope Francis was a ...