Conscience is something very sacred. It gives us a sense of right and wrong and urges us to do the right thing. Conscience is what compelled Austrian Franz Jagerstatter to refuse to enlist in Hitler's ...

The priestly ordination of Deacon James Chomithung Ezung was solemnly held on December 29 at Longsa Village Ground, Wokha ...

The Priestly Ordination of Deacon James Chomithung Ezung was solemnly held on December 29, at Longsa Village Ground under ...

NEWS UPDATE Aug. 14: Maryknoll Fr. Roy Bourgeois, who attended the ordination of Janice Sevre-Duszynska and preached a homily, has been summoned by the superior general of his order. Bourgeois is to ...

WOKHA — The priestly ordination of Deacon James Chomithung Ezung was held on Monday at Longsa village ground, Wokha district.

Update: The Vatican has now issued the norms on dealing with priest sex abuse cases and other “more grave crimes” including “attempted sacred ordination of a woman.” They took great pains to ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A survey of the 2020 priestly ordination class was published by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference (USCCB) on Thursday, a slightly smaller class than in 2019. Sponsored by the ...

A former advocate of women's ordination, who attempted to be ordained as a deacon, has renounced her attempt to join the priesthood and declared her adherence to Church teaching. “I relinquish all ...

“What are you, a deacon?” the man asks from his bed. We are about 20 minutes into a pastoral visit. His parish deacon has been visiting regularly since he got sick. Now I have entered this man’s life ...

Georgia priest ordained a Kentucky woman in 2008 in Lexington, Ky. He was excommunicated from Catholic church then but remained a member of his religious order Because he refused to recant his beliefs ...