Tag: religious
With members aging, religious orders launch initiative to deal with those...
ROME — Having a member over 100 years old is not unusual today for orders of Catholic women religious, but many orders do not...
Statistics from Vatican show global imbalance of Catholics per priest
VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics and of Catholic men and women who devote their lives to serving them continues to grow in...
Dozens from Diocese of Wilmington honored at ‘Jubilee for Religious’ Mass...
A group of priests and religious from the Diocese of Wilmington celebrating jubilees ranging from 75 to 40 years, gathered for Mass with Bishop...
Key issues impacting church played big part in 2020 Supreme Court...
WASHINGTON -- The busy year for the Supreme Court had the attention of the Catholic Church from major decisions it announced this past summer...
Bishop Malooly encourages support of retired religious through the Retired...
Dear Friends in Christ,
On the weekend of December 5-6 our parishes will hold the Retirement Fund for Religious collection, an annual appeal that benefits...
Women religious should have vote at Synod of Bishops for the...
VATICAN CITY -- While the Catholic Church has made strides to include the voice of women, especially in the Synod of Bishops for the...
Religious order leaders wary ‘sense of family’ contributes to slow response...
VATICAN CITY -- Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious...
International study suggests religious people are happier
WASHINGTON — Charles Schulz, in his “Peanuts” comic strip, coined the adage, “Happiness is a warm puppy.”
However, the results of a wide-ranging study that...
‘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...