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JOHNSTON — The diocesan Office for Religious honored religious jubilarians celebrating anniversaries of service ranging from 25-70 years during noon Mass at St. Rocco Church, Johnston, on Sunday, May ...

CATHOLIC VALUES: At center, from left, Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden Sisters Daisy Kollamparampil, Mary Antoinette Cappelli and Donna Beauregard join Principal Lorraine Moschella in gathering ...

VATICAN CITY -- Here is the English translation of Pope Francis I's remarks delivered from the balcony after his election as pope. Brothers and sisters, good evening. You know that the task of the ...

PROVIDENCE — For the past 52 years, the Franciscan Friars have enjoyed a strong presence in the city’s downtown, where they have helped meet the spiritual and temporal needs of faith-filled people ...

PROVIDENCE — In many churches around the world, visitors are often shocked to find the corpse of a Catholic saint contained in a glass coffin. Often hundreds of years old, the bodies of these saints ...

PROVIDENCE—The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin statue of Our Lady of Fatima is en route to the Ocean State. On March 5, the statue will arrive at St. Mark Church in Jamestown, bringing along ...

WARWICK — Overbrook Academy, an elite international Catholic boarding school for girls in grades six through nine situated on the diocese-owned Aldrich Mansion property at Warwick Neck for more than ...

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For example, just recently, one nice lady whose pastor was being moved wrote a heartfelt letter to say, “I do not understand why priests have to be transferred to another parish. It just doesn’t seem ...

The Fathers of the Church described Confession metaphorically as the “second plank after the shipwreck of sin.” To be forgiven in Confession a person must have contrition for his sins. Contrition is ...

PROVIDENCE – Father John Soares, a familiar and popular figure on the Unversity of Rhode Island campus in Kingston for nearly 12 years, has been appointed pastor of St. Thomas Church on Fruit Hill in ...