Summer is the perfect season to head to the library or bookstore and pick up some new books to read. Reading is a wonderful way to pass the time during hot summer days. Here are some suggestions for ...

Should a local or state government tax Catholic Charities? That was the question brought to the U.S. Supreme Court recently. In “Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review ...

Q: There’s a really beautiful Eastern Orthodox church in my neighborhood. Every time I pass by it, I always wonder, is this one of the churches that Catholics can attend? A: I think you might be ...

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After completing their third pre-conclave meeting, the College of Cardinals still had not announced a date for the conclave. Instead, they used the March 4 and 5 meetings to ...

VATICAN CITY -- Here is the English translation of Pope Francis I's remarks delivered from the balcony after his election as pope.

PROVIDENCE – Father John Soares, a familiar and popular figure on the Unversity of Rhode Island campus in Kingston for nearly 12 years, has been appointed pastor of St. Thomas Church on Fruit Hill in ...

CRANSTON— Father Joseph Iannuzzi may be considered a modern day renaissance man. A skilled violinist, former medical student and wrestler who once trained for the Olympic team, he performs more than ...

Free Income Tax Preparation (VITA)PROVIDENCE — IRS-certified volunteers at Amos House, a fully handicap-accessible agency at 460 Pine St., are preparing free income tax returns for those … ...

With special attention being focused on the vocations lived by men and women religious during the celebration of the 14-month Year of Consecrated Life called for by Pope Francis, Rhode Island Catholic ...

PROVIDENCE — In many churches around the world, visitors are often shocked to find the corpse of a Catholic saint contained in a glass coffin. Often hundreds of years old, the bodies of these saints ...

Most Rev. James Ruggieri, Bishop of Portland, Maine, visited his native Rhode Island to celebrate a solemn Mass at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on Jan. 21, to honor Our Lady of Altagracia. At ...