One August morning, I walked to the front of the church in my white gown, nervous and excited. Family and friends stood in the pews of Queen of Apostles in Alexandria, Virginia. They smiled and wiped ...

Everyone dreams of a perfect relationship... a perfect marriage... a perfect love. But just like any good love story, there are challenges and self-doubts. We often wonder if the love we chose is ...

The Pope encouraged consecrated religious to scrutinize their motivations and to ask themselves whether they let themselves be moved by the Holy Spirit or by 'the spirit of the world.' Pope Francis ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to join him on Friday in consecrating all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Miriam Marston, 38, prays Nov. 14, 2019, in the chapel at the pastoral center in Portland, Ore., where she helps coordinate lay ministry formation programs. This spring Marston will participate in one ...

Religious hold candles as Pope Francis celebrates Mass marking the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo. The Vatican office ...

On the 24th World Day of Consecrated Life, celebrated on the day of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Pope Francis presides over a mass with thousands of representatives of religious orders, ...

On the 28th World Day of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of cultivating “an intense spiritual life” that is nourished by Eucharistic adoration, intercessory prayer, and ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life. Since Wednesday, religious men and women, monks and contemplatives, members of ...

A Lorain native is continuing his path of righteousness Sept. 24 as he becomes consecrated as a bishop during a consecration and birthday celebration dinner. Bishop-designate Charles Edward Howard Sr.

Whenever secularism, a godless system, seems to engulf society, Christianity proves to be the more persistent. This is what we witnessed when hundreds of religious women and men working in Uganda ...