Certainly among the most quoted words of Jesus Christ are the few phrases found in this coming Sunday’s Gospel. How often are offended parties told to “turn the other cheek!” Countless times … more

If there’s one thing the coronavirus pandemic has reminded us is that as members of the human family, we are all connected. The virus started apparently with one person in faraway China who … more

WESTERLY — Raphael “Ray” Joseph Castaldi, 67, of Westerly, sorrowfully passed May 17, 2022, after an arduous fight with a liposarcoma. The last six months have been long and … more

Virginia Democrat delegate Elizabeth Guzman planned to reintroduce a bill intended to expand the definition of child abuse and neglect by including parents or guardians who “inflicted upon such … more

WARWICK — On Friday, March 3, Coadjutor Bishop Richard G. Henning received a warm welcome to Bishop Hendricken High School during his first visit to a Diocese of Providence high school. During … more

It has been a singular blessing to be appointed by Pope Francis to minister in the Diocese of Providence. I am doing my best to learn the ways and the beauty of my new Rhode Island home. There are so … more

NORTH KINGSTOWN — The Haitian Project’s Louverture Cleary School (LCS) outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, continues to provide a transformative Catholic education for the country’s … more

Dear God and Father, As Thanksgiving draws near, help me to realize all that it means to be a truly thankful person. more

A thoughtful reading of the Sermon on the Mount, actually chapters five, six and seven of St. Matthew’s Gospel, provides overwhelming testimony to the centrality of the fatherhood of God in the thought and ethics of Jesus. The fatherhood of God was no metaphor in the preaching of Christ. more

Pope Francis raised hope in some quarters, and eyebrows in other quarters, when he took the world’s monetary practices to task in his first public exhortation, “The Joy of the Gospel.” The Pontiff had challenging words for those responsible for what he termed “an economy of exclusion.” The Holy Father decried “the new idolatry of money” and was certainly harsh on “a financial system which rules rather than serves.” more

I’m sure you’ve seen the commercial. An elderly lady has fallen down the steps in her home, is seriously injured and unable to move to the telephone when she cries out, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” The commercial promotes Life Alert Emergency Response, a medical alert pendant that’s used to notify dispatchers about someone’s health emergency. more

Due to the blizzard that hit the mid-Atlantic, my bus never made it to the 43rd March for Life in Washington, D.C. But thousands of others were able to brave the snow and wind to witness to the … more

Especially before and during Pentecost, but on other special occasions as well, our churches echo with the sound of the beautiful and enchanting hymn, Veni, Creator Spiritus. “Come Holy Spirit, … more

The calendar of the ancient world followed closely the changing of seasons: the plantings of spring and the harvestings of autumn, the brilliance of summer and the gloom of winter. What started as an … more

BLOCK ISLAND — Mary Donnelly passed away peacefully at her home on May 12, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Mary was 94 years old, born December 14, 1927, to Frank and Rosina Shaw of … more

The Pharisee and the tax collector are presented to the worshipping community in this Sunday’s Gospel as models of prayer: the one to be shunned; the other to be emulated. The Pharisee’s … more

PROVIDENCE — Local youth and adults were honored at this year’s diocesan Catholic Youth Ministry and Scout Awards, held at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on Sunday, March 5. Bishop … more

“I will give you shepherds after my own heart.” Jer 3:15 In 1992, three months before I was ordained a priest, Saint Pope John Paul II offered an Apostolic Exhortation concerning … more

PROVIDENCE — In a resounding inaugural event on Dec. 1, the Young Adult Evangelization ministry successfully launched its much-anticipated First Fridays program. This monthly initiative, … more

The premier English language poet of the last century, T.S.Eliot, was quoting Beaudelaire, the distinguished French language poet of the 19th century, when he wrote, "The spirit kills; it is the … more