The fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is in place. Archbishop Shawn McKnight, who is from Wichita, ...

Church dignitaries and Catholic leaders assembled in Kansas City to ring in the Mass of Installation for the metro’s new ...

The new archbishop’s hands were shaking as he showed the document to the faithful as part of the ritual. Melinda Henneberger ...

Using synodality, Bishop Shawn McKnight worked his way out of a hymnal mess of his own creation in the Diocese of Jefferson ...

Archbishop-designate Shawn McKnight at last year's Hispanic Heritage Mass, an annual event McKnight started, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City in June of 2024. Annie Williams At the ...

The Vatican on April 8, 2025, announced Pope Francis’ choice of Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, as the next archbishop of Kansas City. (photo: Photo courtesy of the ...

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, of Jefferson City, as his successor. "As I embrace this new mission, I share both my gratitude for the Diocese of Jefferson City and my great ...

The Most Rev. W. Shawn McKnight recalls the exact moment, down to the minute, that he learned the pope would soon name him archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas. It was just before he planned to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Archbishop-designate of the Archdiocese of Kansas City Shawn McKnight was among those celebrating the announcement of Pope Leo XIV Thursday. McKnight, who currently serves as ...

Bishop Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, which includes three parishes in Columbia, has been appointed to be the archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas. Pope Francis appointed McKnight ...

There aren't a lot of options for parking around Independence’s Square right now. It’s been cut by about half as construction takes over. The State House easily passed the package, which would ...

At the news conference announcing that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Shawn McKnight to succeed Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann in leading the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, a reporter ...