Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, pictured in an undated photo, is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Once dubbed "God's microphone," Sheen announced ...

Archbishop Sheen's cause for canonization, opened in 2002, has been stalled by two controversies—a public battle to relocate ...

THE South African Hindu Maha Sabha’s new push to become a vetting agency to licenceHindu priests from abroad has collapsed before it has even begun. And it’s not because of resistance to reform, but ...

Pomp and circumstance of the Roman Catholic Church were on full display on Feb. 6 as Archbishop Ronald Hicks was installed as the new spiritual leader of the ...

As a teenager in India, Susai Jesu led prayer services in his small Catholic village, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood. Little did he know that ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Father James Martin about his new book Work in Progress: Confessions of a busboy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker, bank teller, corporate tool, and priest.

Evening prayer on Jan. 29 brought seminarians together with Archbishop Pérez and Archdiocesan leaders in a night of ...

Diocesan bishops and vocations directors are largely satisfied with their seminaries' formation programs -- but some gaps remain between clergy and mental health professionals as to the role of ...

The overwhelming majority of bishops and vocation directors expressed satisfaction with formation programs, according to a study analyzing how seminaries and dioceses screen candidates for holy orders ...

The Rev. Ricky Bevington, C.S.C., 33, was ordained a Catholic priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross on April 26 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, ...

Pope Francis made history in 2013 as the first Latin American to become pope – thanks to a girl turning him down at the age of 12. The pope sent a letter to his childhood crush, Amalia Damonte, saying ...

Pope Francis just tapped the first woman to lead a Vatican office. Sister Simona Brambilla will head the department in charge of religious orders, male and female. “The choice reflects Francis’ avowed ...