The ceremony was the first local ordination in the era of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on May 8, succeeding ...

Newly ordained, bestowing his first priestly blessings, Father Randy Skeate smiled with quiet gratitude when asked how he ...

Pope Leo XIV ordained 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome during Saturday Mass, calling for priestly lives that are "transparent, visible, credible".

Mass attendance in parishes of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia ... In September 2005 the first Philadelphia grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in Philadelphia was released, and the October ...

Yet he became the first hermit, living a solitary life of prayer and devotion to God, in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2001. Now he is about to become the first hermit priest in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A new Washington law making all clergy mandatory reporters, signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson last week, is facing pushback after the Archdiocese of Seattle released a ...

The archdiocese of Seattle has vowed to appeal. “While we remain committed to protecting minors and all vulnerable people from abuse, priests cannot comply with this law if the knowledge of ...

Galetto, the pastor at St. Paul Church in South Philadelphia's Italian Market ... order held its novitiate — a period for prospective priests and nuns that introduces them to their religious ...

Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston who are in the United States on visas have been urged to avoid international travel amid the Trump administration’s immigration policies and ...

Archbishop Nelson Perez from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia spoke about meeting Pope Leo XIV a year ago. He revealed Pope Leo XIV has ties to a parish in Havertown. PHILADELPHIA - Archbishop ...