The ceremony was the first local ordination in the era of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on May 8, succeeding ...

Archbishop Gomez also invoked the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, who was a missionary in Peru for many years with the ...

Newly ordained, bestowing his first priestly blessings, Father Randy Skeate smiled with quiet gratitude when asked how he ...

Let us now look at the Sacrament of Holy Orders. This sacrament is extraordinarily important. Without holy orders, we would not have four of the other six sacraments, namely confirmation ...

Father Michael J. Kelley was honored by his flock at St. Martin of Tours Parish in Washington, D.C., and by family and ...

Why can’t women be ordained priests? The argument, once again, goes back to the New Testament, where Jesus chose male apostles. This is interpreted as Jesus's deliberate choice for the ...

Cesar Galan belonged to a violent Los Angeles street gang. Then a shooting changed the way he saw the world and led him to ...

Sin! Guilt! Is that all the Church ever talks about? The answer is a resounding no. The church teaches far more about holiness, about living in intimate communion, and thus a right relationship ...

The young 20-something seminarian took Bergant's "Intro to the Old Testament" class his ... when she last saw Prevost, during an ordination for another priest in Chicago. She sent her friend ...

I’m an Old Testament scholar who cares about God ... nations—those who bore his name and functioned as a kingdom of priests (Ex. 19:6)—they needed to live in a way that was consistent ...

Ajulo is a selfless fellow who puts service before comfort; hence, he promptly responded to the call to serve his native Ondo ...

The BriefSister Dianne Bergant recalls teaching Robert "Bob" Prevost—now Pope Leo XIV—during his time at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.Bergant taught the future pope in an Old Testament class ...