ROME — Celebrated annually on Feb. 2nd, the World Day for Consecrated Life is intended to “help the entire Church to esteem ever more greatly the witness of those persons who have chosen to follow ...

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Pope Francis on Thursday addressed a message to participants in a conference on consecrated religious life currently taking place in Brazil. In his message, he expressed his gratitude for “the immense ...

Today the Church is celebrating the World Day for Consecrated Life simultaneously with the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. Pope Benedict XVI will observe the two celebrations by ...

More than 200 religious men and women attended the Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Representatives of different orders led a candlelight ...

St Peter's Basilica lacks the monastic restraint of the church where I usually worship. Emphasis rather than suggestion is ...

A deacon in Diocese of Rochester describes each individual’s vocational call as “a profound invitation” to holiness from God.

Consecrated women and men — together with Catholics in general — are invited to celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life this week. Established by St. John Paul II, the day recognizes the beauty ...

Religious hold candles as Pope Francis celebrates Mass marking the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo. The Vatican office ...

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A Pontifical Mass was celebrated on Feb. 1 1 at Saint Peter’s Cathedral by Bishop Joseph Martino, D.D., Hist. E.D., bishop of the Scranton Diocese, for those in Consecrated Life. In his sermon, ...