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

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.

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 ...

The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...

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 ...

The Church of St Francis of Assisi (SFA) was the site of a significant milestone for the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur as it celebrated the ordination of Fr Jonathan Andrew Rao on January 25.

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

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 ...

She recognizes the title will likely never come her way, she said, but she pursued ordination as a deacon ... baptismal records because she’s not a priest and there is no chaplain at her prison.