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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In his book, The Last Things, author Regis Martin observes that the Catholic theological study of “eschatology” is “the fruit of the Church’s most profound reflection on the meaning of death, judgment ...

WORCESTER – In a collaboration of Catholic institutions, the St. John’s Cemetery System dug a trench for outdoor lighting at St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School. The school wanted the lights in its ...

Several pastors in the diocese are to change parishes this summer, and some other priests are getting new assignments. Bishop McManus did not announce any retirements, but two pastors are becoming ...

(OSV News) – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced Feb. 9. No date or location for the ...