WHEELING—Recovery efforts continue after the severe flash-flooding event that occurred June 14-15. Ohio and Marion Counties have experienced generational flooding resulting in loss of life, property, and livelihood. With many roads just being re-opened, the [...]
The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has completed a comprehensive envisioning process which led to the development of a new Evangelization Plan that leads our diocesan vision of commitment to Christ’s Great Commission to go make [...]
Personal Liberty and the Common Good The Catholic faith is the sanest religion in the world. It holds in a dynamic balance opposite tendencies that, if left unchecked, would lead to the dominance of one [...]
Father Joseph Augustine, J.C.L., is appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Bluefield and Sacred Heart Parish in Princeton with residence at the parish rectory in Bluefield, effective June 18, 2025. Very Rev. Sebastian Devasya, [...]
Most Rev. Mark Brennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, released the following statement on the election of Robert Cardinal Francis Prevost as the next Pope, Leo XIV. “Habemus Papam! We thank God, who through [...]
Monsignor Lawrence Luciana Msgr. Lawrence Luciana was born of parents Dominic Luciana and Lena Staffileno August 30, 1937 in Dennison, Ohio. Msgr. Luciana’s parents and their two sons, and daughter, Eugene, Lawrence and [...]
Fr. Mario Richard Claro September 19, 1940 — April 19, 2025 Franklin, WV Fr. Mario Richard Claro, 84, of Franklin, WV, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2025 at University of Virginia Medical Center [...]
Most Rev. Mark Brennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, released the following statement on the passing of Pope Francis Monday morning. “I join with my fellow Catholics and men and women around the world [...]
USCCB Statement Regarding the Passing of Pope Francis
My friends in Christ, when you hear continually of wars, terrorist attacks, plane crashes, earthquakes that kill thousands, tropical storms that threaten to wipe out small island nations, not to mention the breakup of marriages, [...]
