The bissus of South Sulawesi are considered a link between the earthly and celestial because they are thought to embody both ...

Arthur Bodenschatz says his family and the leaders of the churches of his youth were supportive in his move to the seminary ...

How many of us can point to a priest who’s made a difference in our lives, some from long ago and others just recently? It could be an encouraging comment, some advice for direction, or presence at a ...

Tragic news broke this month of an Italian Catholic priest who died by suicide. As a Catholic psychologist who works closely with seminarians and priests, I found the story especially troubling. The ...

Without the Eucharist, it seems obvious: There is no Catholic Church. It feeds us as a community of believers and transforms us into the body of Christ active in the world today. But according to ...

In the ordination ritual, each transitional deacon chose the priest who would help him put on the vestments of a priest for ...

Phil and Linda Marcin met five decades ago, but he still gets a twinkle in his eye when he describes the first time he saw the "beautiful blonde" who would eventually become his wife. The only problem ...

(RNS) — For decades, older priests have complained about conservative younger priests who have been coming out of seminaries in recent years, while those younger priests have complained about old ...

More and more U.S. Roman Catholic priests are giving up their parishes for secular life. The reasons are many: some have chafed too long under arbitrary authoritarian discipline; others have succumbed ...

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