The story of Kevin Hansen’s “good death” is perhaps the most personal of the stories that Hansen and Father Michael Trummer ...

The Bible says “you shall not kill,” but in the churches of the Russian Orthodox Church, it is mandatory to pray for the victory of the invaders in the war in Ukraine. “O God, rise to the aid of your ...

Conflicting accounts and secrecy continue to cloud the exact events that led to the death of Igwamiti Parish Priest, John Maina. In the absence of a conclusive post-mortem report that would guide ...

Lifestyle ASMR Catholic priest turned social media icon goes viral on TikTok with ASMR videos Father Simon Teller, a Dominican priest at Providence College, is gaining viral fame on TikTok with ...

Pope Francis taught the modern world not to forget those who live in the margins of society, those who are easily discarded or forgotten due to weakness, discomfort or annoyance. He taught us that ...

An IIC news release notes that the number of active Catholic priests globally has dropped from about 60,000 to only 35,000 from 1970 to 2020, even though the number of Catholics has risen by 20 ...

Let's be honest, Catholic priests aren't known for soul-stirring preaching. And according to Pope Francis and many ex-Catholics, that's a problem. Boring sermonizing does not fill the sanctuary or ...

US News Beloved small-town Catholic priest fatally shot inside church rectory — as young schoolkids played nearby during recess: cops By David Propper Published April 4, 2025, 11:43 p.m. ET ...

A man fatally shot a Catholic priest outside his parish rectory in Kansas on Thursday in an attack with no known motive, the authorities said. The priest, Arul Carasala, 57, was found with gunshot ...

The results speak for themselves. Although priests may be God’s representatives on Earth, they still respond to financial incentives. You can, it turns out, serve both God and Mammon.

Modern society in a state of transition It is, in essence, a spiritual problem, a question of the quality of one’s soul and interiority. But it underlies problems both in ministry as well as in common ...

In modern times too, the church has relied on priests from Ireland, Poland and other countries to make up numbers, and has long been accustomed to married Eastern rite clergy working across its ...