The number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Vatican’s 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier this month and highlighted in a report by the ...

All of us in the Catholic Church in the 21st century have heard much about the modern vocations crisis, especially here in the United States. From an increasing number of “close your parish programs” ...

A New Jersey priest has launched a group for young men called the Sons of Thunder, which takes its name from Mark 3:17.

Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious ...

The church in Ireland is launching a Year for Vocations as it grapples with a steep decline in seminary numbers and with aging priests. Focused on diocesan priesthood, the Year for Vocations opens ...

The Catholic Church denies that women have priestly vocations. But while Humbert mentions counterarguments of dissenting ...

(RNS) — Without the Eucharist, it seems obvious: There is no Catholic Church. It feeds us as a community of believers and transforms us into the body of Christ active in the world today. But according ...

The church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those with a vocation for the priesthood - Copyright AFP Ted ALJIBE The church in Asia's ...

I would like to tell you about the other Catholic church in town, Light of Christ, which is part of the Ecumenical Catholic ...

VENEGONO, Italy—One of Pope Leo XIV’s biggest quandaries is a question God himself asked: Whom shall I send? As in the book of Isaiah, few are answering “Here I am.” The Catholic Church has a manpower ...

The live-in was considered deeply affirming for their priestly vocation. The seminarians felt the community’s support, ...

MANILA, Philippines — As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope -- with a Filipino among the favourites -- the church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those ...