Aug 14, 2025 ORLANDO  |  More than 1,200 educators from the Diocese of Orlando Catholic schools gathered Aug. 6, 2025, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe to celebrate Mass and pray for a blessed school year. Superintendent Erika Wikstrom thanked those present for accepting what she described as their “sacred mission…

Aug 14, 2025 ORLANDO | The execution of Kayle Bates looms in Florida’s future Aug. 19, 2025. He is set to be the 10th person to be sentenced to death since the start of the year. For those Catholics who recall growing up with acceptance of capital punishment as a state’s legitimate option for safeguarding citizens, they might…