Sacred Heart Br. Ronald Hingle is upbeat about the future of religious vocations. Though overall numbers may not be growing by leaps and bounds, they are rising, said Hingle, who chairs the board of ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.

Sister Philomena Nowicka, LSIC, smiles during the Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph Williams on Dec. 20 at Holy Eucharist ...

The number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Vatican’s 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier this month and highlighted in a report by the ...

“Knock, knock, knockity-knock! / ‘It’s eight o’clock,’ the Sister said. / ‘Who can it be that comes to see / The convent all abed?’” A young girl crosses the threshold, taking her first steps in ...

Through the gift of their vocation and their different charisms, consecrated men and women play a central role in the Catholic Church's mission to spread the Gospel, Pope Francis said. "Indeed in many ...

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

As the U.S. Church celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 3–9, a prioress of a contemplative community in France remembers how it took years for the Church to recognize the religious ...

Members of Catholic religious congregations in South Korea have called for concerted efforts to tackle a decline in vocation and blamed secularization as a cause for the decrease in the number of ...

A statue of Mary with a crown, and a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe are pictured at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., May 5, 2025. The month of May is devoted to Mary and is traditionally ...

Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Greensburg Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus Lawrence E. Brandt. “His many years of service leave a legacy marked by fidelity, intelligence, and strength,” ...

I find comfort in the routines in life, especially when so much of life seems so uncertain and capricious. For almost a decade, I went running along the same route each day and encountered many of the ...