Matthew Bonvento spent nearly a decade sailing the world as a merchant mariner. Now he's a deacon in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

The Roman Catholic Church, to preserve a healthy future, must embrace the idea that women can be ordained as church leaders.

Monsignor Terrence Fitzgerald, vicar general under four Utah bishops and one of the most influential Catholic priests in the ...

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers entered St. Veronica Church in Chantilly, placed his Bible, with its well-worn blue cover and ...

The Bishop of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Viana has urged the two Deacons and a Seminarian he ordained to guard their ...

Bishop Joseph Roman Mlola of Tanzania’s Catholic Diocese of Kigoma has cautioned the newly ordained Deacons in his Episcopal ...

For nearly four years, the commission studied, reflected and wrestled with the complexity of the topic. We approached ...

Parishioners perform in a "pastorela," a Nativity folk drama, on the feast of the Epiphany at Our Holy Redeemer Church in ...

From the very first days of 2025, this year seemed determined to keep Angelus’ editors — and its readers — on our toes. Immediately came the devastating January wildfires. Then there was the ...

Deacon Owen Daniel South Niskayuna, NY- Deacon Owen Daniel South passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of his family. He is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy Ann South, and their seven ...

The Rev. Gregory A. Rapisarda, a former Harford County attorney and zoning hearing examiner who later became a Roman Catholic priest, died of cancer Dec. 10 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was ...

He was the Grinch who tried to steal Christmas. A down-and-out parishioner at a Queens church tried to rob a Catholic deacon at knifepoint before Sunday service — then sat down for mass until cops ...