During its recent annual gala and silent auction event, St. Rocco Parish took the opportunity during National Catholic Sisters Week to give thanks to the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden Sisters … more

While the Franciscans and the Dominicans were busy evangelizing South America and French Jesuits were converting the Hurons of Quebec and Ontario, other zealous Jesuits were reaching out to the … more

If you ever watched “Wait Until Dark,” it’s hard to forget the scene in which thuggish, knife-wielding Alan Arkin suddenly springs toward blind, alone-in-her-kitchen-at-night Audrey Hepburn. … more

Feast Day: April 12 Juana Enriqueta, or Juanita, as she was called, was born to a well-off Chilean couple and had a happy and pious childhood. During a bout of appendicitis, she believed Our Lord … more

NEWPORT — Salve Regina University President Jane Gerety, a Religious Sister of Mercy, has announced her plans to retire in June 2019. Sister Jane informed faculty, staff and students of her … more

WARWICK — Reverend George P. Behan, 88, Pastor Emeritus of St. William Parish in Warwick, died on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, son of the late George P. and Gwendolyn M. … more

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin marked his 70th birthday on Easter Sunday, but Chancery employees of the Diocese of Providence gathered on Thursday, April 5 to celebrate with cake, balloons and a singing … more

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ new document, “Gaudete et Exsultate,” shows that holiness is not an impossible task nor is it something to be … more

The Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad) of Pope Francis, issued in March but released earlier this week, takes as its central theme the universal call to holiness. Like … more

A couple in Ohio is suing a fertility clinic that lost more than 4,000 eggs and embryos due to the malfunction of a storage tank’s temperature regulator. The couple is asking a court to designate … more