The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

The diocese now vigorously screens candidates for the priesthood and immediately removes any clergy member credibly accused ...

In a quiet corner of this Oxfordshire town, the small Catholic Church of St. Teresa of Lisieux ... for many years now by married priests and deacons," Longley, the archbishop of Birmingham ...

Priests accused of sexual abuse in Germany went to work overseas as missionaries. Did the Catholic Church help them? A research team spent months investigating. After two teenagers accused ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...

As always, when considering acts of penance that are stricter than the norm, it is important that the Catholic would speak with a priest or spiritual director. Any act of penance that would ...

Inanam lad Deacon Leslie J Bingkasan was ordained priest for the Society of Jesus on 1 Sept 2017 ... when he resigned and worked as a journalist at the Herald Catholic Weekly (2002-2004). He entered ...

Until the 1960s, this pangong ritual also included a catechism examination with the priest. Further reading: South Korea launches "Church Everyday" initiative to bring back Catholics In 1886 ...

Bishop Taylor said: "To me we are being faced with a question: what is more important, to allow people a better chance of getting to Mass on Sunday or to keep priests celibate? "If the current rules ...