An order of priests is revamping its ministries due to a downturn in vocations -- and the move highlights the church's need to "triple the ask" for young men to consider religious life, said the congregation's communications director. The Paulist Fathers, a
A recently released study from the Institute for Family Studies, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based think tank dedicated to strengthening marriage and family life, reveals that a record number of young adults are predicted to never marry.
The research brief by IFS research fellow Lyman
As the nation of Haiti spirals into further violence and chaos, Catholic clergy there are reported to be remaining in place to serve the populace.
"Where can we go? We have to stay in the midst of the people," Haitian native Father Eugène
Home to the landmark Edmund Pettus Bridge and other Civil Rights era memories, Alabama's Selma also is home to another effort to strengthen African-American family-owned farms and communities across the Deep South that rely on them: the Edmundite Missions' Black Farmers Initiative.
Founded
The ability of Catholic and other faith-based groups to "meet migrants' basic human needs" at the U.S.-Mexico border is a religious liberty issue and must be defended, U.S. bishops said in recent statements.
In a Feb. 26 statement issued in response to a
Life as a parish priest is a "Eucharistic adventure" that involves serving God's people under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis told transitional deacons.
It is about living "This is my body, given for you" each day, he wrote, and it
Piarist Father Mario Vizcaíno, who for almost 40 years promoted Hispanic ministry in the United States, was "the soul of Hispanic ministry."
The founder and director of the Southeast Pastoral Institute, known as SEPI, is being remembered after his Feb. 13 death for
The church now has an opportunity to take action to ensure that other parishes don’t suffer the fate of St. Patrick's. Now is the time for parishes to realize more fully the wisdom of the church's funeral rites -- to see our
The importance of women in the Catholic Church cannot be "reduced" to the question of ministry, Pope Francis told members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Pope Francis made his remarks Feb. 8 in the context of
Paul and Tracy Satterfield, members of Holy Spirit Parish in Overland Park, said they never imagined they'd travel to Africa for an international marriage conference, let alone get to snuggle up close with elephants. That's because their marriage almost ended in divorce