As good and faithful Jews, Jesus and his closest disciples made careful preparations for the celebration of the Paschal meal – which, of course, would sadly be Jesus’ last supper. Joining St. Matthew ...

A few hours before Benedict XVI preached at Australia’s World Youth Day about global ecological crises, I was at a supermarket checkout line in America not using reusable shopping bags. There I … ...

PROVIDENCE — In many churches around the world, visitors are often shocked to find the corpse of a Catholic saint contained in a glass coffin. Often hundreds of years old, the bodies of these saints ...

In the last few years, anyone who has been paying attention to the religious trends has heard one unending hymn: the church has no grandchildren. Countless surveys show that more than 40 percent of ...

Another highlight of Bishop Evans’ first year as a prelate was traveling to Rome to attend a 10-day program for recently named bishops. The sessions were attended by 110 from across the globe, ...

Louis Tofari, a liturgical consultant for Romanitas Press, explains the finer points of the Latin Mass at the recent New England Priests Workshop. The two day workshop was hosted by Providence’s Holy ...

PROVIDENCE – The results of a survey of active priests and deacons concerning diocesan offices and agencies has led to leaner, more efficient administration operations that have also made available ...

The Fathers of the Church described Confession metaphorically as the “second plank after the shipwreck of sin.” To be forgiven in Confession a person must have contrition for his sins. Contrition is ...

“Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he … ...

PROVIDENCE — Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, a veteran of five “ad limina apostolorum” visits through the years to join brother bishops in reporting to the Vatican on the state of their dioceses, says … ...

WARWICK — Reverend George P. Behan, 88, Pastor Emeritus of St. William Parish in Warwick, died on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, son of the late George P. and Gwendolyn M. (Pike ...

Father Battey, who also serves as Assistant Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Bristol, will focus on the work of the Bishop’s Catholic Committee on Scouting. He will collaborate with ...