On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in ...

Tributes are being paid online after the passing of Bishop Hugh Slattery, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese of Tzaneen, South ...

We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can ...

Abigail’s desperation to pay for her mother’s funeral that she can’t afford, fuels the drama. Determined to pay for a private funeral as opposed to a council funeral, she is driven to write ...

Sister Marie-Paul Jaston, who has been living consecrated life for many years, has requested to become a diocesan hermit. So, she worked with our delegate for religious, Sister Germana Santos, to prep ...

A mass memorial service is expected to take place this weekend for the 18 victims who died in two shooting incidents in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. Gunmen opened fire on two different places ...

A small town in central Thailand is holding a mass funeral for the 23 students and ... and who was becoming adept at reading Thai, his favorite subject. Speaking at the temple with tears rolling ...

The families have however rejected government’s offer for a mass funeral. The mood is still sombre at the village. Villagers are still coming to terms with the gruesome murders. They say they will not ...

The brothers of 19-year-old Harry Fagan, who died in a road collision in Mayo last week, have paid a loving tribute to their brother at his funeral Mass. Harry Fagan and James Daniels (13) were killed ...

Pope Francis opened the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday with a Mass concelebrated by ... and mission” of the Catholic Church. With some of the most controversial issues ...

Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of ...

weddings and funerals, but they cannot celebrate Mass. Advocates say allowing women to be deacons would help offset the Catholic priest shortage and address longstanding complaints that women have ...