Archbishop Jackels’ Messages

By Archbishop Michael Jackels Witness Publisher On occasion Pope Francis directs his collaborators to distribute copies of the New Testament,

At a recent parish visit, a parishioner asked me if I would devote a column to promoting the Rosary. My

By Archbishop Michael Jackels Witness Publisher Prayer, penance, and almsgiving are essen­tial elements of Christian life. This is demonstrated by

In my second year at the University of Nebraska (bow your head), I returned to the practice of my Catholic

February 22, 2017 To the Catholic faithful in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Those of us who are 14 years of

There’s so much hurt in the world. Big, ugly hurting, like people being forced to leave their homeland in search

In response to a recent statement I wrote on immigration, someone wrote to tell me, among other things, that I

Archbishop reflects on Catholic teaching in light of executive order on refugees and immigration One of the mission priorities for