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 ...

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 — Reverend Daniel M. Trainor, 83, Pastor Emeritus of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Providence, died Monday, August 5, 2019. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, son … ...

BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Congregation of the Holy Spirit Father H. Eugene Hillman, Ph.D., 84, died Aug. 5. Father Hillman was born in Boston, Mass., and professed his vows Aug. 15, 1945 at Holy Ghost ...

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 ...

NORTH SMITHFIELD — Reverend Stanley T. Nakowicz, 71 pastor of Our Lady of Loreto Parish, East Providence died on December 3, 2012. Born in Providence, son of the late Walter and Vera (Ricci) Nakowicz, ...

PROVIDENCE – When Christopher Nocera learned that the Holy Name Province of Franciscan Friars would close St. Francis Chapel on Westminster Street on Nov. 7, he felt a great personal loss but also ...

Congratulations to Father Hiep Van Nguyen who was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, June 6, 2020, by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin! May God grant him many blessings as he begins this most holy and … ...

The Diocese of Providence has more than 30 churches dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The diocese’s two oldest parishes, St. Mary’s in Newport and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in … ...

A young boy offers the Sign of Peace to Msgr. John J. Darcy during the Aug. 1 Mass at which he was installed as the new pastor of St. Margaret Parish by Auxiliary Bishop Robert C. Evans. Monsignor ...

For about 120 years, roughly 1850 until 1970, the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ was celebrated on or about July 1 each year. While the feast had been celebrated in various dioceses ...

Sister Angela Daniels, C.P., Community Service and Charitable Outreach For more than three decades, Sister Angela Daniels, C.P., has been a beacon of light and hope to thousands of refugees, ...