Two days after his election as Successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV delivered an enlightening address to the College of Cardinals. The newly elected Supreme Pontiff shed light on his choice of a papal ...

PORTSMOUTH — Dom Benedict Sagaya Valan Maria, O.S.B., was ordained to the sacred priesthood Friday, May 2, 2025, in the Church of St. Gregory the Great, Portsmouth Abbey. His ordination was celebrated ...

CRANSTON — Summer is nearly in full swing for schools around the diocese as many begin their end-of-year outdoor activities. For St. Mary School in Cranston, that day is known as “Olympic Day,” where ...

Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski C.Ss.R. surprised the participants of the “Cámbiame a Mi Señor” (Change Me to My Lord) diocesan mens retreat on Sunday, June 1 by visiting and sharing with them a beautiful ...

“Ask the Newly Ordained” features Fathers Brian Morris, Joseph Brice and Stephen Battey — who respond to questions about the faith from Rhode Island Catholic readers. This past Saturday at the ...

“Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself ...

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, R.I. — When Bishop Emeritus Robert E. Mulvee, D.D., J.C.D., 88, died following a brief illness on Friday, Dec. 28, at St. Antoine Residence in North Smithfield, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin ...

WESTERLY—When Fr. Ray Suriani, pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Westerly was approached by one of his parishioners, Eugene Celico, about staging a production of “The Last Supper” in the church hall on ...

It was the headline I never expected to see: “Beware of Falling Iguanas.” And yet that was the local, even national, news story that appeared while I was on a brief vacation in Florida at the end of ...

On May 30, 1862, St. Don Bosco told a story, to his boys that he taught, about a dream that he had a few nights earlier. He tells them to picture many ships at sea ready for battle with cannons and ...

The beginning of September signals the end of summer and ushers in the new school year. Many young boys and girls have had a restful break and are eager to start school again and continue their … ...