Bishop McManus announced to diocesan clergy this week that he has promulgated particular law in the Diocese of Worcester, supplementing the existing Ministerial Code of Conduct as it pertains to ...

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus heals ten lepers, saying, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” ...

In the Order of Christian Funerals, the text used by priests and deacons in the funeral rites, the Congregation for Divine Worship teaches us, “By means of the funeral rites it has been the practice ...

WORCESTER – Following the Catholic Church’s commitment to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, Bishop McManus announced Wednesday that Lee F. Bartlett III has been laicized at ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the works of mercy are “charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbors in their bodily and spiritual needs.” The catechism goes on ...

BRAINTREE, Mass. (OSV News) – Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley's newly named successor as archbishop of Boston said at a press conference Aug. 5 that he is "humbled by the size and history of this ...

(OSV News) – At the end of his Sept. 24 audience, Pope Leo XIV issued an invitation to Catholics worldwide. “I invite everyone to pray the rosary every day during the coming month – for peace – ...

Four pastors are retiring this year and one other has chosen to become a senior priest. Bishop McManus has announced the appointment and transfer of pastors, associate pastors, administrators, and ...

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 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 ...

Advertising department advertising@catholicfreepress.org Editor editor@catholicfreepress.org Reporters cfpnews@catholicfreepress.org Production department production@catholicfreepress.org Calendar, to ...

In his book Purgatory, author Michael J. Taylor asks, “Is the concept of purgatory disappearing from Catholic belief and consciousness?” Taylor suggests that “changes in Church practice, along with ...