In the first week of February, the Vatican department that oversees Catholic Church doctrine accepted written testimonies ...

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 ...

1994: John Paul II Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, stating the subject of women’s ordination to the priesthood is no longer open to debate. 1995: WOC celebrates 20th anniversary with Washington conference.

Ever wondered why you have never seen a female priest in a Catholic church? It is because they are literally not allowed to become one.

What makes young Scotsmen ranging from former law students, teachers, DJs and merchant seamen decide to give up their fairly conventional careers and turn to a vocation like the priesthood?

A Darwin native is one of three men who will ordained into the priesthood this month by the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm. Deacon Nathan Hansen, 27, of Darwin will join Deacon Tanner Thooft, 26, and ...

However, priesthood goes back much farther, way before Exodus 32 and the ordination of the Levites to the service of Yahweh, and Aaron’s ordination as high priest. How much farther back?

A priest who served the Diocese of Youngstown for nearly 75 years has passed away. According to the Diocese, Monsignor James Klop passed away at 99 years old last Thursday. Klop was ordained into the ...

The last ordination that took place in Novena Church was that of Fr Simon Tan CSsR in 1998 – 27 years ago. Cardinal William Goh concelebrated the Mass with some 40 priests, including Fr Victorino ...

Ordinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter ... of the formation of the candidate for the priesthood in the affective-sexual sphere is the ability ...

At the end of each day, when the parishioners have left and the sanctuary is quiet, The Rev. Father Jilson Panakkal can be ...