Episode 75 What has changed in 20 years of the Catholic Church since Pope John Paul II death?
On this episode of The Catholic Echo Podcast from the Diocese of Youngstown, brought to you by the Annual Diocesan Appeal and Cumulus Radio Youngstown, we’re talking about Pope John Paul II and Bishop Elect John Keehner with Father John-Michael Lavelle, Father Jim Korda and Bishop Elect John Keehner.
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How to be Catholic on Social Media
How should Catholics use social media? Discover how kindness, charity, and online evangelization can help you share the Catholic faith in today’s digital world.

From the Editor: June/July 2025
A theme for this issue emerged and that is “fatherhood.” It was a coincidence, but I could not have planned it better for the issue hitting around Father’s Day, which is June 15 this year.

Francis, ‘the pope of tenderness,’ had ‘a heart operating’ on God’s frequency
From the first moments of his papacy, Pope Francis was heard using one particular word in his pontifical speeches. For him, it was a reminder that God is not the one who punishes, but the one who loves, and that the church, led by him, should seek to be the same — the church of “tenderness.”

Episode 75 What has changed in 20 years of the Catholic Church since Pope John Paul II death?
Episode 75 What has changed in 20 years of the Catholic Church since Pope John Paul II death?
On this episode of The Catholic Echo Podcast from the Diocese of Youngstown, brought to you by the Annual Diocesan Appeal and Cumulus Radio Youngstown, we’re talking about Pope John Paul II and Bishop Elect John Keehner with Father John-Michael Lavelle, Father Jim Korda and Bishop Elect John Keehner.

Bishop Bonnar writes about the heart in America Magazine
On January 16, 2025, America Magazine published a story written by our very own Bishop David J. Bonnar, titled, “The human heart and the Sacred

Pope urges political leaders to be at service of the people, not power
The world cannot promote “universal fraternity” without good politics, the pope said in a video message released July 30 by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.





