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Diocese of Pittsburgh News
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March 26Holy Week, observed from Palm Sunday through Easter, is the most significant week of the Church year. Christians celebrate the love and mercy of Jesus, as shown through His sacrificial suffering and death, and His Resurrection. Bishop Mark Eckman will celebrate these liturgies at Saint Paul Cathedral and events around the community.Read More
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February 16Lent begins on February 18, 2026, with Ash Wednesday, one of the most sacred days of the year for all Christians. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and penance meant to help convert the faithful’s minds and hearts back to God. To help do this, Catholics pray, fast, and give alms.Read More
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February 3The Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced a major new investment in Catholic elementary education, made possible through a significant Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) gift from an anonymous donor.Read More
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January 30
In light of ongoing winter weather conditions across western Pennsylvania, Bishop Mark Eckman of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is reminding the faithful to prioritize personal health and safety when discerning whether to attend Mass this weekend.Read More -
January 26
Two highly experienced musicians have been chosen to be the music directors for the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Office of Sacred Music and Saint Paul Cathedral Parish. John Sittard will be the new director and Luke Ponce will be the associate director.Read More -
January 23
With the significant winter storm forecast to impact western Pennsylvania this weekend, Bishop Mark Eckman has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for all Catholics in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.Read More -
December 24On Sunday, December 28 at noon in Saint Paul Cathedral, Bishop Mark Eckman will celebrate the local concluding Mass of the yearlong Jubilee of Hope that the late Pope Francis opened last Christmas Eve.Read More
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December 18
Finding a Mass for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day has been made easier with our online resource. Be sure to check with parish websites for any changes.Read More -
December 16
This Advent season is a time to reflect on the love of Christ we share, to prepare for Christmas and look forward to finding new ways to build on hope with renewed zeal for acts of faith and charity in the coming year,” said Bishop Mark Eckman.Read More -
November 19
The Christian Leaders Fellowship, an ecumenical group of local bishops and denominational leaders, will lead a prayer service at the annual dedication of the Pittsburgh Crèche, on Friday, November 21, 2025, at noon in the plaza in front of US Steel Tower on Grant Street, Downtown. At the Crèche blessing, the Blessed Trinity Academy band and children’s choir will be performing seasonal music from 11:30am to noon.Read More
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News from the Vatican
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The motto is taken from John 4:35, the whole of which reads, “Do you not say, ‘In four months the harvest will be here’? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.”
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Pope Leo XIV has reappointed the outspoken Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto diocese in Nigeria to a five-year term on the Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development.
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"Often," Leo said, "the proclamation of truth is obscured by what we today call “fake news” — lies, insinuations, and unfounded accusations."
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