By Elise Harris (CNA/EWTN News)
Many things happen during World Youth Day. Young people from all over the world travel to meet the Pope, they meet peers with whom they can share ...
By Diego Lopez Marina (CNA/EWTN News)
Watch them sing, and you might be convinced of it.
There is a young and vital presence of religious sisters, novices and postulants in U.S. Catholic life, a new survey has found.
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Dominican Fathers Francis Orozco and Thomas Schaefgen were inspired to make a 478-mile pilgrimage from New Orleans to Memphis, Tenn. entirely on foot ...
By Ann Schneible (CNA/EWTN News)
As Pope Francis' year dedicated to consecrated life comes to a close, one nun shared her thoughts on the how her religious garb serves as a "visible ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Bishop Mark O'Toole, the Bishop of Plymouth, has called for a prayer of priestly vocations in a pastoral letter, which was read in all parishes ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
On the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis ordained eleven men into the priesthood at St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday - then had plenty to ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Church officials reported a Florida priest went missing last week. After following a trail of clues, investigators believe they found Rev. Rene ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
A new monastery has been opened by an American group of cloistered nuns in Thailand in pursuit of planting an aura of "contemplative monastic ...
By Monique Crawford (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
During the Chrism Mass homily at Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport, Bishop Mark Davies related the Eucharist to the Catholic Priesthood.
Pope Francis on Friday praised Catholic girl scout leaders' "absolutely crucial" role in educating women for their vocation and responsibilities in a ...
By Carl Bunderson (CNA/EWTN News)
Pope Francis acknowledged a miracle worked through the intercession of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite nun of the 20th century, paving ...
By Elise Harris and Alan Holdren (CNA/EWTN News)
After a recent attack at a Missionaries of Charity convent in Yemen claimed the lives of four of the sisters there, the bishop overseeing the area ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Fifth-graders took part in a two-day Vocations Days at Archbishop O'Hara High School, where their confusion and misconceptions about the Catholic ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Fewer young women have answered God's call to enter the sisterhood, prompting several questions such as what inspires modern women to leave behind ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
The popularity of speed-dating inspired eight nun congregations to create The Sister Café in Dublin, Ireland.
Superheroes are real, and sometimes they wear habits! According to police, a 74-year old man was saved from a falling tree by a mysterious nun.
By Ann Schneible, CNA/EWTN News
As Pope Francis' year dedicated to consecrated life ends, one nun shared her thoughts on the how her religious garb serves as a "visible sign" ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Pope Francis concluded the Year for Consecrated Life before a crowd of thousands in the Paul VI hall on Monday. During the conclusion, Pope Francis ...
By Antonio Anup Gonsalves, CNA/EWTN News
Catholics in Southern Arabia last week gathered in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the ordination of two Capuchin Franciscan priests by Bishop Paul ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
New graduates have become so indebted to private banks, the government and other sources of money after borrowing enough to pay for their education. ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Despite attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and joining the U.S. Marine Corps, Thomas Woodhouse was welcomed as a new priest at the Saint ...
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Bishop John Noonan spoke on the first of a two-day Hispanic vocations workshop sponsored by the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors at ...
By Kenya Sinclair (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
During Pope Francis' U.S. tour, he led mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. Though each U.S. mass the pontiff ...
By Ann Schneible, CNA/EWTN News
As the Church brings the needs of the family to the forefront with the upcoming Synod this fall, one Dominican sister says it is no surprise that ...
Much has been written about and many homilies have lamented the vocation crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States. Religious Orders ...
By Elise Harris (CNA/ETWN News)
In a wide-ranging, off-the-cuff speech to priests and religious in Naples, Pope Francis addressed various challenges of consecrated life, emphasizing ...
