The Loretto Community traces its roots to the mid-1980s, when a businessman and permanent deacon from Salzburg, Austria, first visited Medjugorje.

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals, and traveled the world.

Among the group there are engineers, a tech company founder and two future military chaplains. They range in age from 28 to ...

NEWS - Fourteen deacons will be ordained priest by the bishops of the Diocese of York over the final weekend in June and ...

The future of the St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral is brighter than ever as parish fundraising for renovations breaks ...

The building, which is next to the current multi-use metal building (used for the fish fry dinners, bingo, etc.) and behind ...

Fye Editorial Ten years ago, the late Pope Francis issued his now widely referenced encyclical, Laudato Si’ which ...Read ...

Reply of petitioners Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, et al. filed. (Distributed) 12/24/2024: DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025. 06/06/2025: Supplemental brief of petitioners Roman Catholic ...

Deacon Joseph Rafferty, then-principal of Saint Rose of Lima Elementary School, Haddon Heights, holds a banner announcing the school’s designation ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, will ordain five new priests for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

Before his upcoming ordination to the priesthood, Deacon Gerard Gayou used to share the news with his readers as an assistant ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2025 / 08:00 am. The number of ordinations of permanent deacons in the United States has decreased by nearly 200 from 2023 to 2024, according to a recent survey.