Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bishop-elect Anthony C. Celino will have his episcopal ordination Friday at St. Patrick Cathedral. He will be the first auxiliary ...

A host of pastors and deacons lined up in the church basement wearing red stoles and exuberant smiles. We were gathered together for an ordination. Ordinations are joyful occasions, and celebrating ...

The first week of the Synod on Synodality session is in the books, and if you’ve been following the media’s account of things, you’d be forgiven for thinking the event is primarily focused on ...

VATICAN CITY — A laywoman received loud applause this week at the Synod on Synodality for a speech that characterized some members’ push for women’s ordination as an attempt to clericalize the laity, ...

When asked why she has chosen to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest — thus breaking the Catholic Church's ban on the ordination of women and crossing the threshold of formal excommunication — Anne ...

Do you believe in ordination? Or, more accurately stated, do you believe in denominational structures that regulate who is ordained for ministry based on prerequisites, credentials, and education?

Bishop-elect Anthony C. Celino will have his episcopal ordination Friday at St. Patrick Cathedral. He will be the first auxiliary bishop for the Catholic Diocese of El Paso in its 109-year history. He ...