The riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than 1 percent of the population of Japan. Today, eighty years later, Catholics are less than ...

On the morning of March 30, during Mass celebrated by Bishop Mark O’Connell at St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts, seminarians Nick Jones and David Bardales were installed as Lectors, ...

VATICAN CITY — The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wrote in ...

PROVIDENCE — Msgr. Albert A. Kenney will celebrate Holy Mass on Friday, April 25, at noon at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence, to pray for the repose of the soul of the late Pontiff, ...

PROVIDENCE — You are invited to the Holy Mass of Installation for Most Rev. Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., to be celebrated Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 2 p.m ...

St. Margaret School in Rumford held its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, collecting more than 770 food items and gift cards in support of the St. Mary’s of the Bay Food Pantry in Warren. The ...

Call 401-272-1010 to purchase a copy of Rhode Island Catholic's annual Christmas Gift Guide. Other items that may interest you Local author named finalist as the International … ...

Throughout Rhode Island and the nation, many lined the streets and sidewalks to peacefully and prayerfully stand up for all human life at the annual Life Chain event as Respect Life Month begins. For ...

Bishop Richard G. Henning joined the pastors of the Bristol parishes — Father Henry Zinno and Father Vander Martins — along with the newly ordained Father Joseph Brodeur to march in the Bristol Fourth ...

Rhode Island Catholic is celebrating the 2024 Catholic High School Grads in this week's print edition. Call 401-272-1010 to order your copy!

St. Philip Neri, the Second Apostle of Rome and the Reformer of the Eternal City A Pastoral Letter by Most Reverend John O. Barres, Bishop of Rockville Centre ...

TO THE EDITOR: I was so pleased to read the column by Bishop Reed (“Sabbath: A blessing we should think about accepting,” May 11). The Bishop has a warm and inclusive message for all and I have found ...