During an interview, two Vatican officials expressed the great holiness that exists within religious vocations, as well as their hope that the upcoming year will yield the witness of joy in following ...

Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious ...

VATICAN CITY — On Feb. 2, all was dark inside St. Peter's Basilica. Only the reddish light of the sunset dimly filtered in through high windows. Then, thousands of sparkling candle flames gleamed in ...

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 24th World Day for Consecrated Life Feb calls consecrated men and women to be the light of the world. Candelight procession during Mass with members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the ...

Every society has had groups of men and women who have pursued a community life at variance with that of mainstream society, and thus paradoxically transforming their societies for the better. They ...

“Awaken the world” and “return to the heart” are two powerful images presented by Pope Leo XIV to consecrated persons during the Jubilee of Consecrated Life. Today, they resonate as a plan for life.

DETROIT — Amanda Ross and Hanan Ismail lay prostrate before Christ in the Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit and vowed themselves to the Lord as consecrated virgins.

"Seek and you shall find." Through the centuries Christians seeking most fully to know, love and serve God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - have done so by consecrating their lives to Jesus through the ...

In his first appointment of a top-level official of the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV named Sr. Tiziana Merletti, a canon lawyer, to be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virtually addressing members of consecrated life serving the Archdiocese of Washington, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory spoke of the challenges of the past year and thanked them for the ...

OGDENSBURG — Sister Mary Eamon will walk down the aisle, in a manner of speaking, on Sunday when Diocese of Ogdensburg Bishop Terry LaValley will celebrate the Mass of Solemn Consecration to the Life ...