Poland stands out as the undisputed leader in religious vocations in Europe in 2025, with 206 new ordained priests, the highest number on the continent. This recent data from the Polish Catholic ...

On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, celebrated on October 19, with the theme “Missionaries of Hope among all Peoples,” the Vatican news agency “Fides” presented some statistics that offer a ...

All three men are participants in the synod and will be made cardinals at a consistory on Dec. 8, as announced by Pope Francis on Sunday. Cardinals-elect Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD; ...

File photo of students Evangelina Romero and Samantha Cabral at St. Rose of Lima School in Denver work on a project in this file photo dated Dec. 12, 2009. (OSV News photo/James Baca, Denver Catholic ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV kicked off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy Tuesday by encouraging seminarians to be joyful and honest, offering an uplifting message after Pope Francis frequently ...

A small Catholic college in Lander, Wyoming, has launched a new program that challenges seminarians with wilderness experiences to strengthen their faith, vocations, and pastoral skills as eventual ...

Most U.S. seminaries loosened their rules after the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, which brought a shift in how the Catholic church perceived its place in the world, says the Rev. Donald Cozzens ...

Each year, the happy task of reporting about the men preparing for ordination for the priesthood in service to our archdiocese falls to The Pilot staff. We rely on the help of the staff of our three s ...

By Jethro Ibileke The Catholic Diocese of Auchi has announced the passing of Emmanuel Alabione, one of the kidnapped three junior Seminarians, in captivity of the abductors. His demise was announced ...