Bishop Ronald Hicks, right, of the Diocese of Joliet on Sunday carries a monstrance prior to entering St. Mary Catholic ...

“I had a sense early on that I had a call to this vocation,” Medow said.

In a statement to The Times Wednesday, the diocese said Bishop Robert McClory accepted a recommendation from parishioners and ...

While some married Protestant ministers had been ordained as Catholic priests after World War II, and Pope Paul VI opened the ...

“I was talking to a friend of mine, an Augustinian, and after the ceremony we talked to each other and said, 'You know, he ...

told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday the diocese no longer wants to prevent the attorney general’s office from seating a grand jury to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by priests and ...

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Keehner said he still has a lot of work to do. Keehner’s departure will take away another priest from the diocese at a time when there are already twice as many churches as active clergy.

In North Texas and across the nation, public school districts face a continued decline in enrollment and a budget deficit. For many school districts, the solution has been to close or consolidate ...