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

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

Critics say that the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s roster of “credibly accused” priests should be longer — by 59 names — but the ...

Women deacons, she believes ... she prepares for confirmation won't send baptismal records because she's not a priest and there is no chaplain at her prison. She also struggles to answer prisoners ...

In other words: bishop, priest and deacon. What has been said above refers first and foremost to the Apostles and their successors, the bishops. Those men who receive episcopal ordination receive ...

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

The Diocese of Tucson says the amount of time it will take for the diocese to be given a new bishop is not known.

The Catholic Diocese of Arlington requires six months of marriage preparation, beginning with your initial contact with your ...

This does not correspond to their actual degree of orders (ie, whether they are a bishop, priest or deacon) but to their position within the College of Cardinals. Cardinals appointed from dioceses ...

ROME — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican : Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named ...