The Rev. Jed O’Connor, a former Franciscan priest in the Catholic Diocese of Paterson in the 1980s, was one of the last ...

Father Daniel Morrison, at right, celebrates his first Mass on June 22, 2025 at his home parish, St. John Neumann in ...

The seal of confidentiality is ... the lifeblood of confession. Without it, the free exercise of the Catholic religion cannot ...

VATICAN: Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the election — conducted by the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor together ...

Pope Leo XIV formally recognized the martyrdom of 50 French priests, seminarians and laymen who died in Gestapo custody, Nazi ...

A cherry tree at a convent in Poland had bloomed pale pink flowers every April for nearly three decades before Masatoshi Asari, a Hokkaido-based researcher, learned about the blossoms.

When you hear the name St. Francis, what immediately springs to mind? For many, it’s his legendary love for animals and ...

LAHORE: A recent investigation by Franciscan priest Fr Lazar Aslam has highlighted the widespread sexual violence faced by ...

Deacon Morrison said from that early age, he was attracted to the life of a priest and came to understand they were ...

Fr Wadding, who served as rector at St Isidore’s for 30 years, was also Ireland’s first ever accredited ambassador. In 1642, ...

Thao Dinh was aged just 10 and fleeing post-war Vietnam without his parents when he spent seven months at a refugee camp in ...

Two Catholic churches in Hazleton founded more than a century ago by Italian immigrants are consolidating parishes, as are ...