Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares his mission: “I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.” ...

In his book, The Last Things, author Regis Martin observes that the Catholic theological study of “eschatology” is “the fruit of the Church’s most profound reflection on the meaning of death, judgment ...

The St. Thomas More Society of Worcester County will honor the following individuals at its Sixty-Fifth Annual Red Mass on Sunday at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s Cathedral. A brunch following the Mass will ...

(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...

Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral. This year, three priests are celebrating ...

In 1974, Jack Monahan accepted an unforgettable invitation. He was invited to attend a Mass with members of the First Friday Club – a group of Catholic men in the Worcester Diocese that participate in ...

SPENCER – More than 30 years and 100-plus icons later, Brother Terence McGrath, OSCO, has much to share about the time-consuming but rewarding process of making these sacred images. The 84-year-old is ...

WEST BOYLSTON – Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish has declined to press charges against a man who stole donations from a prayer box in the church. In a statement posted on the West Boylston Police ...

For 30 years, the Archdiocese of Hartford has promoted the cause of the canonization of Blessed Father Michael McGivney for founding the Knights of Columbus. In 1882, as an assistant pastor at St.

Young people, parents and priests were among those celebrating locally the canonization of Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, the two young men whom Pope Leo XIV named saints on Sunday.

Reports of Marian apparitions at Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, factored powerfully into the conversion stories of two of the Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference speakers – Marian ...

In Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners, Second Edition, James M. DuBois writes “In the Catholic tradition, death is conceptualized as the separation of the soul from the body.” The ...