Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jewish leaders attempt to stone Jesus because he claimed to be the Son of God.

In Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners, Second Edition, James M. DuBois writes “In the Catholic tradition, death is conceptualized as the separation of the soul from the body.” The ...

Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral. This year, three priests are celebrating ...

In the Order of Christian Funerals, the text used by priests and deacons in the funeral rites, the Congregation for Divine Worship teaches us, “By means of the funeral rites it has been the practice ...

The Marie Anne Center at St. Bernard Church of Our Lady of Providence Parish is closing, effective Aug. 31, due to changes in people’s needs. Major services of the 23-year-old center were the ...

A local college student has encountered Jesus’ passion in a meaningful way – in homeless people he and others befriend. “Seeing Christ ... particularly in the poor on the streets ... I am seeing ...

Years ago, our young adult group was asked to go door-to-door in our inner-city parish “evangelizing.” We knew evangelicals did this by asking people, “Have you met Jesus?” and Jehovah’s Witnesses ...

SHREWSBURY - The Xaverian Brothers have released the names of six members of the order who served at St. John’s High School and have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. The letter was ...

(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...

Until fairly recently, the Holy Face devotion had become somewhat obscure. Father Thiago DaSilva admitted that, originally, he wasn’t abundantly familiar with it. When Father DaSilva was administrator ...

WORCESTER - It’s easy to spot the new St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School boys’ soccer coach during games. He’s the one wearing a cassock. Father Michael D. Hoye coached his first game as the new St ...

DOUGLAS – When Kathy Archambault was a religious education coordinator at St. Denis Parish, she noticed that many young people disappeared after completing the program and even their parents stopped ...