The small Midwestern diocese of Wichita, Kansas, continues to lead the nation in many metrics related to priestly vocations, according to a new report from Vocation Ministry, a Texas nonprofit that ...

Some priests grew up in other churches and converted to Catholicism as adults. Others belonged to a religious order before studying for the priesthood. In addition, the majority of seminarians were ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE HAS SEVEN NEW PRIESTS, following an ordination Mass on Saturday, July 5 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. Diocesan Bishop Robert J. Brennan presided at ...

Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators from the ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain how his mother put up quite a bit of resistance to his entering the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — They are a day away from becoming Catholic priests, rehearsing for their ordination Mass under the gothic cathedral’s arches. It’s a balmy Friday afternoon in June, and they are ...

A rare kind of leader As a teenager active in youth ministry, the Rev. Ricky Malebranche was often encouraged by adults to consider the priesthood. He assumed it was just what Catholics told religious ...

DENVER — Matthew Book looks forward to being a priest, but not the part about living alone. He prays that his new community might help alleviate some of the isolation priests experience in a world ...

It was one of 45 institutions recently approved for grants as part of the Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative.

ARLINGTON, Va. — At a time when the U.S. Catholic Church is grappling with a severe shortage of priests, the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently ordained 12 new priests — its second-largest class ...