Brainerd resident Mike Koecheler has been serving as a Catholic deacon in the area since his ordination late last fall by Bishop Dennis Schnurr of the Duluth Diocese. Koecheler is completing four ...

Daryl Grigsby on the burning need for ordained female ministry to honor Christian tradition and enliven a stagnant, ...

QUILMES, Argentina — Luis Avagliano served as a permanent deacon for 27 years, but after the death of his wife almost seven years ago he felt God's call to be “the father of many more children”, and ...

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference. Arne Dedert/dpa Despite opposition from the Vatican, German Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests to Ordain Priests and Deacons from Spain, France and U.S. in Historic Ordination in Rome on October 17, 2024 to foster Gender Equality in Ordained Ministry ...

Johnny Burnett thought about serving his Catholic faith as a priest, but ultimately his desire to marry and have a family won out. However, even after the Mount Prospect man married in 2011, friends, ...

MERIDIAN, Miss. — When Nick Adam graduated from college with a degree in journalism, his ultimate dream was to become a sportscaster on ESPN. That dream became just a memory Friday night as Adam took ...

Thursday is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, which Pope Francis elevated from a simple memorial, calling her “Apostle of the apostles.” In the Gospels, she heralds the resurrection of Jesus. For ...

Jim Byrne, an emigrant from Ireland, was a regular but not especially active churchgoer for years. Then one day, as his involvement grew, he heard a homily about people giving their time and talent to ...

The Catholic Church won't be celebrating one Iowa City resident's ordination next month. In fact, neither the Diocese of Davenport nor the Vatican will even acknowledge Mary Kay Kusner's ordination ...

A Wyoming County resident will be among nine Western New York men to be ordained as permanent deacons in the Catholic Church on Saturday, June 15. A Mass will be held beginning at 10 a.m. at St.

Women religious pray the Stations of the Cross while visiting the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Md., during the 2019 National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics. (Credit: ...