MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Arnoldus Yansen thought for certain he was going to become a Catholic priest, just like his older brother, cousin and uncle. He attended St. Peter Major Seminary, a bastion ...

The Boston archdiocese's primary Catholic seminary has launched a new yearlong program to better introduce Catholic men studying for the priesthood to the basics of faith formation, spiritual ...

Arriving on moviegoers’ screens this Friday, the new movie “Conclave” bills itself as a star-studded mystery-thriller centered on the selection of a new pope for the Catholic Church. The film, which ...

PHOENIX — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix announced plans Tuesday to create its first full seminary to educate and train future priests locally. The Nazareth Seminary will provide housing and ...

It was one of 45 institutions recently approved for grants as part of the Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative.

No American seminary would accept Tolton because of his race, so he studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained in 1886 at the age of 31, becoming the first African American ordained as a ...

The Catholic archbishop of Dublin has removed trainee priests from Ireland’s largest seminary over allegations of widespread use of the gay sex app Grindr and the failure of the authorities to ...

CHICAGO – On a sunny morning at St. Benedict the African Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side, the Rev. Rukulatwa Kiiguta stepped into the center of the sanctuary to preach. “My brothers and ...

A new movie detailing the hardships of becoming a priest aims to give everyday Americans a behind-the scenes look at life in the priesthood, according to Father Stephen Fichter, who wrote the movie ...

A man who was studying to be a priest was arrested on child pornography charges at a Cincinnati seminary Friday. New video released by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office shows 28-year-old Broderick ...

MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Arnoldus Yansen thought for certain he was going to become a Catholic priest, just like his older brother, cousin and uncle. Instead, Yansen took off his clerical robes for ...