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

This Sunday’s liturgical celebration of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica is steeped in ecclesiastical history. The Order of Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours and Celebration of the Eucharist ...

(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 – ...

It is also the beginning of an annual novena that the Church in the United States is encouraged to pray Oct. 10-18. And this weekend, Catholic parishes are encouraged to celebrate Mental Health Sunday ...

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.

SPENCER – The Trappist monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey live a contemplative life of prayer and work – and they have been doing so for 200 years – 75 of those years in the town of Spencer. On Aug. 1, a ...

Worcester Catholics are among those calling for nuclear disarmament through commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings in Japan – in Hiroshima Aug. 6 and Nagasaki Aug.

Father Thomas F. Egan, 82, of Worcester, former pastor of Holy Family of Nazareth Church in Leominster, died July 18 after a brief illness. Father Egan was born and raised in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, ...

The Greek Orthodox leader preached about faith and unity at the Roman Catholic cathedral, where the Catholic bishop welcomed him warmly. Orthodox and Catholic Christians who participated in the ...

The lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy (Psalm 65:8). The harmonious singing of cicadas in the afternoon, ancient temples with incense burning to strange deities, the mottled-gray of ...

LUNENBURG – St. Boniface Parish’s 75th anniversary Mass Sunday – like the parish, priests and parishioners themselves – drew newer and long-time members. In his homily Bishop McManus said the ...

The newest parish in the diocese is being named for the first millennial saint, whose canonization is set for September. Blessed Carlo Acutis will be the name of the new parish being formed from the ...