WORCESTER – Fewer people are burying their loved ones, according to George DiLorenzo, director of the Diocesan Cemeteries Office, and he said the main reason is the cost. Mr. DiLorenzo said he ...

Expectations can sometimes hide or distract from the grace present in various moments in our lives. This is especially true when we might attempt to constrain or define the extent of God’s generosity, ...

Just this month Pope Leo XIV urged sisters to foster vocations to the religious life in the United States, describing this work as “of vital importance.” He was addressing participants of the ...

WORCESTER – Hope, despite darkness in the world, was a central theme at the Worcester diocese’s closing of the Jubilee Year. Bishop McManus, joined by Archbishop Michael W. Banach (originally from the ...

The College of the Holy Cross has appointed a Jesuit to report to its lay president and to oversee the formation of students, faculty and staff. Jesuit Father Keith Maczkiewicz, the new vice president ...

Preaching and prayer are among responses of local Catholics to Massachusetts’ new law allowing the killing of babies up until birth. Our Lady of the Angels Parish in Worcester held a “Holy Hour of ...

(OSV News) – On July 1, the Society of St. Pius X, widely known as the SSPX, illicitly consecrated four bishops without authorization from the Holy See, leading Pope Leo XIV to declare its bishops, ...

WORCESTER – Sister Paula Kelleher (Sister John David), beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died in the Jewish Healthcare Center on July 11. A native of Worcester, born on April ...

St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School has done its best to bring alumni from St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Junior-Senior High and Holy Name Central Catholic Junior-Senior High together since the ...

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) – As the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded amid the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, “the journey continues,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia. And, he ...

SPENCER – Trappist Father Timothy Scott felt at home at St. Joseph’s Abbey when first visiting – and he’s still at peace there. He’s focused on Jesus and this community. The now-Abbot Scott spoke this ...

For 30 years, the Archdiocese of Hartford has promoted the cause of the canonization of Blessed Father Michael McGivney for founding the Knights of Columbus. In 1882, as an assistant pastor at St.