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BRISTOL — A new Portuguese-speaking pastor, Father Marinaldo Batista, CSP, was installed at St. Elizabeth Parish at a Saturday vigil Mass on July 21 that was celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Robert … ...

PROVIDENCE – The joyous sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” filled the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on June 7 when members of the La Salle Academy Class of 2012 received their diplomas, ending one ...

<i>With special attention being focused on the vocations lived by men and women religious during the celebration of the 14-month Year of Consecrated Life called for by Pope Francis, Rhode Island ...

ROME—More than a thousand family and friends were on hand at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome last Thursday, Oct. 7, as 30 men were ordained to the transitional diaconate.

PROVIDENCE — Brian Barcaro, co-founder of Catholic Match.com, could be considered partly responsible for the nuptials of thousands who met their spouses through the dating Web site, recently marking ...

SERVICE WITH A SMILE: Despite the cold and rain, Anne Pari, director of Bread Lines Ministry at St. Brendan Church, Riverside, breaks into a grin, clutching her umbrella as a man in need of a warm ...

CATHOLIC VALUES: At center, from left, Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden Sisters Daisy Kollamparampil, Mary Antoinette Cappelli and Donna Beauregard join Principal Lorraine Moschella in gathering ...

PROVIDENCE – The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was filled with prayerful gratitude and applause on Saturday when Deacons Ryan W. Connors, Francesco Francese and Christopher J. Murphy were ordained ...

To the Editor: [In response to the article July 12, Fr. John Halloran: ‘Servant priest’ eager for what lies ahead]: I met Father John Halloran after a 7 a.m. Mass at Saint Mary Star of the Sea … ...

PROVIDENCE — In many churches around the world, visitors are often shocked to find the corpse of a Catholic saint contained in a glass coffin. Often hundreds of years old, the bodies of these saints ...

The bishop and all gathered pray the Litany of the Saints as the ordinee lays prostrate in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence. Due to state and church guidelines for large gatherings ...