Preserving the Past: R.I.’s Cluny Media helping to promote Catholic tradition, evangelize, by bringing literary works back to life

Two young business owners are dusting off the classics and bringing some of the most treasured literary works back to life and back into the hands of …

Love & Marriage: Online or in-person, couples continue their preparation for the ‘adventure’ of a lifetime

NORTH KINGSTOWN — Four engaged couples sat several feet apart from one another in the St. Francis de Sales …

Diocesan Catholic Charity Appeal surpasses 58 percent of its goal at campaign's halfway mark

PROVIDENCE — At the halfway point of the 2021 Catholic Charity Appeal, the Diocese of Providence has achieved 58 …

Cathedral roof replacement project nearing completion

PROVIDENCE — The nine-month, $4.5 million project to replace the entire 131-year-old slate roof of the Cathedral …

Five priests, two nuns, three laypeople kidnapped in Haiti

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The latest victims of rampant kidnappings in Haiti are five priests, two nuns and three laypeople who were abducted together on their way to a parish near the capital of …

Exploring the moral and ethical impacts of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

PROVIDENCE — As vaccinations for COVID-19 begin around the country, Catholics have been asking about and …

Vatican: Without alternatives, current COVID-19 vaccines are morally acceptable

VATICAN CITY— The Vatican’s doctrinal office said that when alternative vaccines are not available, it is …

Major Vatican conference on priesthood slated for 2022

VATICAN CITY — Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and …

Diocesan financial report shows mixed results for 2020 fiscal year

PROVIDENCE — Despite closing out the 2020 fiscal year with a $1.7 million operational loss for the Catholic …

St. Catherine and St. Francis of Assisi Parishes, Warwick, to be merged into SS. Rose and Clement Parish, Warwick

PROVIDENCE — Due to a steady decline in the number of parishioners and sacramental activity; given the sharp decrease in the number of priests available for parish assignments; following …

Diocese of Providence launches 2021 Catholic Charity Appeal

PROVIDENCE — The 2021 Catholic Charity Appeal is officially underway in the Diocese of Providence.Bishop Thomas …

Bishop Tobin appoints new diocesan Director of Communications and Public Relations

PROVIDENCE — The Diocese of Providence is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Kieloch as Director of …

Apologist encourages Catholic men to speak the truth in love at annual conference

PROVIDENCE — Authentically witnessing to the Gospel requires the kind of courage and prudence that Catholic apologist Trent Horn told an audience of Catholic men avoids the extremes of being …

Father Woodhouse installed as pastor of St. Paul Church on Divine Mercy Sunday

On April 11, Divine Mercy Sunday, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin installed Father Thomas Woodhouse as the new pastor of St. Paul Church in Cranston. During the Mass, Bishop Tobin extended his congratulations …

Father Batista remembered for powerful ministry at St. Elizabeth

BRISTOL — Father Marinaldo Batista, CSP, had “big plans” for St. Elizabeth Church’s future, heartbroken …

Father Giudice remembered for Providence-Haiti Outreach

PROVIDENCE — Father Francis Giudice, Pastor Emeritus of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, is being remembered for …

Diocese to host screening of ‘untold story’ of Roe v. Wade

PROVIDENCE — The Diocese of Providence Office of Life and Family Ministry and the Rhode Island State Right to Life Committee will host the Rhode Island premiere of “Roe v. Wade,” a …

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