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The most meaningful day of my priestly career began with a call from a former student. Her grandmother had been lying in bed at...

Over the course of 2,000 years, the church has canonized myriad bishops, priests and deacons. Certainly each of these men lived an exemplary life...

The rite of ordination bestows on the new bishop, priest or deacon a special gift of the Holy Spirit, which enables him to exercise a...

By Wyatt Noble Catholic News Service ROME -- The Villanova men's basketball team claimed its second national championship in three years April 2 with a 79-62...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- Rusty Staub, 73, the New Orleans-born Catholic baseball star who was a fan favorite in a well-traveled, 23-season...

  Known as the apostle of divine mercy, St. Faustina Kowalska brought the message of God's deep and passionate love for all of humanity.  At her...

Considered a mystic, St. Faustina Kowalska spread the message of divine mercy in her personal journal called "Divine Mercy in My Soul."   Divine Mercy Sunday...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Father Pat Connor was on his way from a graduate class at the University of Memphis to St. Joseph Hospital to...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- As part of its ongoing support of persecuted Christians in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus committed more than...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Dominican Father Robert F. Christian as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Bishop-designate Christian, 69, is...