The Roman Catholic bishops of New York state are calling on the state’s faithful to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. In a joint statement released Nov. 13, the bishops pointed to ...

OSV News) — Hours before Holy Week began, a U.S. major military medical center ended a long-standing contract to provide Catholic pastoral care to veterans and service members, violating their ...

Ten of Jacob’s 12 sons were jealous of their brother, Joseph, so they sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with Joseph, who eventually came to work for Pharaoh and ruled all of Egypt for him.

Margi Lash experienced personal tragedy in 1964 when she and her husband lost their infant son to sudden infant death syndrome. “I became very angry with God,” she said. Lash recalled experiencing ...

As members of the people of God, the laity are “made one body with Christ” and share in his office of priest, prophet and king. Each layperson is needed to do the work of Christ’s body in the world.

At the National Prayer Breakfast last month, President Donald Trump promised to "totally destroy" the Johnson Amendment "and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of ...

A seminarian’s path to ordination includes years of intensive study and formation, yet a priest ultimately learns more from his post-ordination interactions than he ever did from his seminary ...

AUBURN — Thirty preschoolers and kindergartners followed Adelaide Hutson down the center aisle of St. Alphonsus Church on Jan. 30, listening as she pointed out the church’s various features and ...

Fathers Michael Costik, Peter Mottola and David Tedesche were ordained diocesan priests by Bishop Robert J. Cunningham June 22 during a Mass at Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Fifty years ago, St. Boniface Parish in Rochester was poised to celebrate its centennial with a capital campaign and major renovations. Instead, the parish experienced the darkest hour of its history.

GATES — In the wake of nearly 50 lawsuits filed against it since New York’s Child Victims Act took effect Aug. 14, the Diocese of Rochester filed for reorganization Thursday, Sept. 12, under Chapter ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will beatify a priest and a bishop martyred in Colombia when he visits the country in September, a Vatican spokesman said. In an email to Catholic News Service July 7 ...