The ordination class size peaked in 2015 at 595, dipping slightly to 548 in 2016 before jumping again to 590 in 2017. However, the number of potential ordinands has dipped in the past three years ...

In a move that could open the doors for more wedded priests in some Catholic churches across the USA, a married Maronite deacon will be ordained Thursday as a priest in St. Louis.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is changing the age requirement for priesthood ordination and youth procession. , Teenagers in the church will now begin their progression to the ...

One of the board members of Ordain Women was recently given a choice by her stake president: either quit the board and remove her past posts that advocate for Mormon women’s priesthood ...

Susan Slaughter will be the first woman ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on Nov. 15. (Courtesy) The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth was long known as one of the most ...

The U.S. Catholic Church is grappling with a severe priest shortage. So it's noteworthy that the Diocese of Arlington, ...

“When you’re raised in the church, you’re raised to sustain your leaders," says Alyssa Paquette, whose twelve-year-old stepson has just been denied priesthood ordination. “But I don’t ...

We say: Barring women from ordination to the Catholic priesthood is an injustice that cannot be allowed to stand. The call to the priesthood is a gift from God.

BIDDEFORD — About 1,500 feet from where he attended St. James School as a young boy, Deacon Alexander R. Boucher will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert P. Deeley on Saturday, Aug ...

Mormons launch online push to ordain women to the priesthood. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 65°F. Monday, October 28th 2024 Today's e-Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News.

Nine men will become Catholic priests Saturday in the nation’s capital–the Washington archdiocese’s largest ordination class in 14 years. The past year’s news stories about sex scandals ...