No priest ever forgets his first day in the seminary. After all the discernment, he has left the job behind, the girlfriend behind, his own family and friends behind — all to journey down an unknown ...

On Sunday, during his Angelus Address, Pope Benedict took a moment to reflect upon the Feast of St. John the Baptist, which fell on Saturday, as well as the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and ...

Writing in the context of the Year for Priests, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, has sent a letter to those who are sick and suffering, ...

Father Vernon Aguiar recites the rosary at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount in the Bandra area in Mumbai, India on June 7, 2024. (Credit: Nirmala Carvalho.) Listen MUMBAI, India – On the feast ...

FILE - Pope Francis meets a group of nuns during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Aug. 30, 2023. Pope Francis urged leaders of religious orders on Monday July 15 ...

HUBBARD — A petition is being circulated at St. Patrick Church in Hubbard that will be submitted today to the Diocese of Youngstown seeking information on why the Rev. Michael Swierz has been placed ...

The challenge to pray is oftentimes found in the fallen definition we give to it. We think that prayer only works when we get what we want. If we ask for something in prayer, then God is supposed to ...

Annie Tardy explained that ambassadors are going back home to spread the word about Tolton in different ways. They are, as Perry advised, asking for prayers for the miracles needed to move the priest ...

Your archdiocesan newspaper has a very long tradition of remembering the dead and thus reminding all of us to pray for them.