Tag: priests
Pope Francis: The mission of a seminary is to help men...
VATICAN CITY -- The mission of a seminary "is not to form 'supermen' who pretend to know and control everything," but to help seminarians...
Pope Francis tells older priests that aging is not a disease,...
VATICAN CITY — Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests.
If facing an illness, that too, becomes...
Priests may celebrate four Masses on Christmas, feast days, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican decreed that priests can celebrate as many as four Masses on several important feast days, including Christmas, to accommodate...
Italian priests rise to challenges of connecting separated family and deceased...
ROME -- When Father Mario Carminati went to bless the remains of one of his parishioners, he called the deceased man's daughter on WhatsApp...
Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
VATICAN CITY — Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always...
Cardinal Tobin: African priests, religious in U.S. make big contribution
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The presence in the United States of about 3,000 priests and religious from countries in Africa is a great contribution...
‘It saved my life,’ priest says about Michigan addiction treatment center
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Statistics gathered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicate 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids in 2016.
Some...