The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) released its 2025 national survey of seminarians who are scheduled ...

Seven seminarians are scheduled to be ordained deacons by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge April 26. They will be assigned to ...

In 1994, now-Saint Pope John Paul II declared, “The Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women,” seemingly closing the discussion forever. Francis has supported ...

The Legionaries of Christ’s formation process lasts 12 years before priestly ordination. Currently, the congregation has a permanent presence in 23 countries, organized into nine territories and ...

take to your heart your sons who are close to you because of their priestly ordination and because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them ...

a bishop and priests in white surplices and red stoles gathered around the altar for the ordination of a priest. Instead of the traditional ecclesiastical garb, the moustached young man in their ...

Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, Bergoglio chose his name after he became the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, at the age of ...