COMMENTARY: In a society that tends to reject or gloss over sexual differences, it is crucial that we recognize the distinctive difference in the way that Our Lord calls and speaks to the hearts of ...

Members of Catholic religious congregations in South Korea have called for concerted efforts to tackle a decline in vocation and blamed secularization as a cause for the decrease in the number of ...

Tuan Anh Nguyen's journey to religious life began with a stint as a youth minister, a proposed bargain with God and a (possibly) divine sign in a video game. Though wagering a vocation on his mad ...

(RNS) — ‘Their lives are so much more complicated and distracting than mine was,’ said Brother Larry Schatz, vocation director for the Christian Brothers Midwest province. (RNS) — Tuan Anh Nguyen’s ...

Sister Dede and Bishop Byrne were both speakers at the annual event on Thursday, attended by Catholic and pro-life leaders and faithful across the nation. Springfield Bishop William Byrne and his ...

The 36th Annual Ordinandi Dinner is returning to Brampton, Ont.’s Pearson Convention Center on March 24 to celebrate and honour the Transitional Deacons of St. Augustine’s and Redemptoris Mater ...

(RNS) — While the numbers of priests and nuns have declined in recent decades, many millennials and Gen Zers still find a calling to religious life in the Catholic Church, even if the path to ...

PALMYRA, Pa. — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three ...

The Vocations Tree display at St. John Neumann Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland invites parishioners to select a prayer card and pray for a seminarian during Lent. The initiative began at the parish ...

In a culture that deeply reveres priests and nuns, former seminarians often struggle not with faith — but with stigma ...