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By Katie V. Jones | Catholic Review

The month of May transformed Deacon Darron Woodus’ ministry. The 56-year-old was ordained May 10 as a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and appointed by Archbishop William E. Lori as the archbishop’s first delegate for Black Catholics, a newly created role supporting Black Catholic communities throughout the archdiocese.

By Christine Persichette | The Tablet

CAMDEN, N.J. — Brother Mickey McGrath has been creating art since he was 5 years old, but his artistic style changed dramatically after he encountered the story of Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman more than three decades ago.

After an investigation, the Archdiocese of Chicago concluded “there is no reason to believe Father Pfleger is guilty of this allegation,” the archdiocese said in an announcement.

By Claudette Jerez | ChurchPop

Ten years ago, central Italy was shaken by two devastating earthquakes. But beneath the rubble of one destroyed church, a tabernacle held a discovery that many Catholics saw as a powerful sign of hope: 40 consecrated Hosts, still intact more than a year later.

By Pablo Kay | Angelus News

Hosea Alexander Sr. was a standout athlete, a military veteran, and a pioneering rocket scientist who worked on some of NASA’s earliest space missions.

But for the last 51 years of his life, all the honors and trophies he’d collected couldn’t compare with what he loved being the most: a deacon.