In his first pastoral letter on vocations to the people of Kildare and Leighlin, Bishop Nulty said the priesthood might be for those interested in healing wounds, extending compassion, warming hearts and offering forgiveness.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, the keynote speaker at the 10th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, issued a call for immigration reform. Cardinal O'Malley recalled his early years of ordained ministry as a Capuchin Franciscan priest at the Spanish Catholic Center in Washington, not far from the hotel where the breakfast was…

A Harvard University student group's plan to conduct a satanic ritual "black mass" May 12 on campus brought a public outcry, leading to its formal cancellation and an apparently impromptu off-campus version of the event, as well as a well-attended alternative Catholic holy hour. The planned event had drawn wide criticism from religious leaders as…

The Dublin-based priest issues impassioned appeal

25 men attended an open day for those discerning a vocation