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 ...

CRANSTON— Father Joseph Iannuzzi may be considered a modern day renaissance man. A skilled violinist, former medical student and wrestler who once trained for the Olympic team, he performs more than ...

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 ...

WHITE OR DARK SMOKE: The stovepipe that carries the smoke from burning conclave ballots and documents is seen in the Sistine Chapel after it was made ready for the 2005 conclave. Both Blessed John ...

JOHNSTON — Rev. Przemyslaw “Shemek” Lepak, pastor of St. Christopher and St. Theresa parishes in Tiverton wasn’t the only Rhode Island resident taking an oath of citizenship on the morning of Thursday ...

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 ...

Hundreds gather to celebrate Mass on the steps of St. Mary Church in Cranston on Friday, July 17, as the parish celebrated the 110th observance of the Madonna della Civita feast. Click here to view or ...

On Good Friday afternoon as I drove to visit a dying friend, I listened to Father Raymond de Souza on the Catholic Channel preach on the Seven Last Words that Jesus spoke from the cross. Father de ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's Congregation for Clergy issued a new instruction on pastoral care that specifies the role of lay men and women in the church's mission of evangelization and offers ...

NORTH PROVIDENCE - United Healthcare wants to stop insurance coverage of patients in two Catholic hospitals, but it won't happen without a fight. Officials of St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode ...

Lacing up their sneakers and practicing their drills, young athletes throughout the state have been preparing for the Christian Athletic League (CAL) annual basketball tournament, which began last ...

PROVIDENCE — While the Diocese of Providence experienced a small deficit in its annual Catholic Charity Appeal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, its audited 2017-2018 annual financial … ...