With its mailed delivery to more than 41,000 readers, Rhode Island Catholic has by far the highest circulation of all paid-subscription weeklies in Rhode Island and the second-highest circulation ...

The riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than 1 percent of the population of Japan. Today, eighty years later, Catholics are less than ...

On the morning of March 30, during Mass celebrated by Bishop Mark O’Connell at St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts, seminarians Nick Jones and David Bardales were installed as Lectors, ...

DETROIT — A large black steed, a Tennessee Walking Horse, cantered back and forth across the fields of a farm outside Lima, Ohio. No saddle, bridle or bit adorned the beast ridden by the boy who would ...

It was providential that the installation Mass for our new bishop, the Most Reverend Bruce A. Lewandowski will take place on Tuesday, since the following week the Church will celebrate the feast of ...

Pope Leo XIV held a papal audience for members of the media at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Monday, May 12. The pontiff told the media to promote peace in their work and to be careful of the ...

When a priest is named a bishop, one of the things he has to do is create a personal coat of arms. Most turn to a handful of artists in the country who specialize in episcopal heraldry. When Most. Rev ...

PROVIDENCE — As he took his final steps to the front door of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R. appeared to be reflecting on the enormity of the moment before ...

WISCONSIN — Sister Mary Therese O’Malley, OP, died May 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Sister Mary Therese was born April 19, 1928, to Nora and Patrick O’Malley in Chicago, Ill. She ...

PROVIDENCE — “Go forth and make disciples of all nations.” These were among the last words spoken by Our Lord before ascending into heaven, according to Matthew 28:19. This final command has been the ...

BALTIMORE — About two weeks ago, during his last days as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Providence Bishop-Designate Bruce Lewandowski welcomed Rhode Island Catholic to shadow him ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the ...