Roman Catholic Vocations

"Cannes Film Festival grand-prize winner had 'monastic adviser' on set" By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON ...

Roman Catholic Salesian missionary Father Marek Rybinski was found dead with his throat cut in Tunis on Friday. The Tunisian interior minist...

From Catholic.net CATUBIG, Philippines, SEPT. 14, 2009 (Zenit.org).- A Catholic priest who championed human rights for victims of injustice ...

From Mangalorean.com By Team Mangalorean Chennai/Mumbai October 28, 2008: Fr. Bernard Digal, one of the victims of Orissa carnage who was be...

From a recent article by George Weigel about the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39: "As the recent beatification of 498 martyrs of that peri...

From the Union of Catholic Asia News BHUBANESWAR, India (UCAN) -- The head of the Missionaries of Charity congregation met the chief ministe...

By Catholic News Service NEW DELHI (CNS) -- The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India is demanding police officials take action against ...

Thanks be to God that there are still men in this world willing to say yes to God and make the radical commitment to serve Him, His Church a...

From PatrickMadrid.com Below is a powerful letter written by Sister Lucy Vertrusc, a young nun, to her mother superior. It is a difficult st...

From Christian Telegraph A Catholic priest, Salesian Fr. John Prakash, 62 years old was killed last night in Sirsiya (Morang district), in e...

From Zenit Aid Group Reports Continued Intimidation Before Runoff HARARE, Zimbabwe, MAY 27, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Many Zimbabwean priests are i...

As we live out our peaceful day to day lives, the article below is a helpful reminder to pray for those whose vocations are lived out in far...

From the Catholic News Agency Vatican City, Apr 9, 2008 / 10:28 am (CNA).- Today at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, P...

Catholics in India's Orissa state recall Christmas nightmare by Anto Akkara Catholic News Service ( emphases mine ) POBINGIA, India (CNS...

by Nirmala Carvalho The regional superior of the Missionaries of Charity recounts her visit to the district of Kandhamal, struck by anti-Chr...

21 Church workers killed for faith in 2007 Rome, Dec. 31, 2007 ( CWNews.com ) - At least 21 Catholic priests, deacons, religious, and semina...

The Post below was written and compiled by Fr. Phillips on his blog AtonementOnline . Since reading his biography several years ago, I can...

Among other problems in our culture that contribute to our current vocations "crisis", the lack of asceticism would certainly be o...

Our not so old family tradition, is that everyone gets to choose their favorite meal and desert on their feast day. Today was Isaac's! I...

Book review for InsideCatholic.com by Ronald J. Rychlak 10/08/07 Priestblock 25487: A Memoir Of Dachau Jean Bernard, translated by Deborah L...