Q: Why are there so many different kinds of convents out there? I don't understand why a young woman who feels called to give ...

Pope Francis’ message was read at the beginning of a Mass for consecrated men and women in Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica on Feb. 2. Pope Francis greets the crowd at his Sunday Angelus address on Jan.

On the 28th World Day of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of cultivating “an intense spiritual life” that is nourished by Eucharistic adoration, intercessory prayer, and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Fr. Daniel Greenleaf, pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, invites ...

Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious congregation each year. Even so, the presence of consecrated men and women remains ...

Sister Simona Brambilla, Consolata Missionary, has been Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life since December 2023. She kindly agreed to answer ...

More than 200 religious men and women attended the Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Representatives of different orders led a candlelight ...

Around 50 religious and some laity gathered for a oneday recollection on January 31 at the Church of the Holy Family, in conjunction with the Archdiocesan celebration of the World Day for Consecrated ...

The Religious Orders in the Archdiocese of Kuching celebrated the 30th World Day of Consecrated Life with a Mass at the ...

An Indian Catholic devotee holds a cross as she takes part in a protest in Mumbai on Feb. 9, 2015. (Photo: AFP/UCAN files) Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, has in recent years been ...

The apostles Luke (in Acts 9 - KJV) and Paul (in the first chapters of Romans, 1 Corinthians, and Philippians) both refer to members of Christ’s church as “saints.” The word saint comes from a Greek ...