The preparation for ordination to the priesthood is a long journey of seven to eight years. The major points of emphasis are spiritual, human, pastoral and intellectual formation. The four stages are ...

In the latest LDS Church news, an apostle concedes the faith can do more to balance gender equality, and the church buys more ...

This is the first article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of ...

Twenty-three men will be ordained as new Legionaries of Christ priests at the Vatican this spring. The celebration will be ...

a bishop and priests in white surplices and red stoles gathered around the altar for the ordination of a priest. Instead of the traditional ecclesiastical garb, the moustached young man in their ...

In other words: bishop, priest and deacon. What has been said above refers first and foremost to the Apostles and their successors, the bishops. Those men who receive episcopal ordination receive ...

The Rev. John S. Terry, pastor of Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, will celebrate his 50 years of ...

1994: John Paul II Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, stating the subject of women’s ordination to the priesthood is no longer open to debate. 1995: WOC celebrates 20th anniversary with Washington conference.

The following is a prayer said at the ordination of a priest: Lord, holy Father, … when you had appointed high priests to rule your people, you chose other men next to them in rank and dignity ...

What makes young Scotsmen ranging from former law students, teachers, DJs and merchant seamen decide to give up their fairly conventional careers and turn to a vocation like the priesthood?

“Tonight’s ordination marks the culmination of years of preparation, prayer, and discernment. As he becomes a priest, Anwar Alfonso Camarena Zeferín will join the ranks of those called to ...