Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus describes the transforming power of the kingdom of God by comparing it to a mustard seed and yeast.

(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...

SHREWSBURY - The Xaverian Brothers have released the names of six members of the order who served at St. John’s High School and have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. The letter was ...

WORCESTER – Hope, despite darkness in the world, was a central theme at the Worcester diocese’s closing of the Jubilee Year. Bishop McManus, joined by Archbishop Michael W. Banach (originally from the ...

St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School has done its best to bring alumni from St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Junior-Senior High and Holy Name Central Catholic Junior-Senior High together since the ...

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence “Magnifica Humanitas” May 25, comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the ...

WEST BOYLSTON – For much of his life, the late Father Walter J. Riley, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester, was passionate about visiting Civil War battlefields and collecting Civil War memorabilia.

As part of the series Conversation with Bishop McManus, a show produced by the diocese’s Communication Ministry, Raymond L. Delisle, director, sat down with the bishop ahead of his 75th birthday on ...

PAXTON – Amid tears, cheers, and comments about ending yet continuing on, Anna Maria College held its final commencement exercises and baccalaureate Mass last week on the campus’ Caparso Field.Given ...

Noah Hajdu wants to feel closer to Jesus and he’s chosen a special way to do it. This Noah will build a cross, not an ark. Mr. Hajdu, 23, of Sterling, plans to carry a 12-foot high wooden cross up ...

On Saturday, June 6, Noah Hajdu carried a 130-pound wooden cross to the top of Wachusett Mountain to honor Jesus Christ. The next day, the 23-year-old Sterling resident took part in only his second ...

Julia Saksa is an electrical apprentice for Kuik Electric in Uxbridge. So it should come as no surprise to hear how she described attending the SEEK2026 Conference last weekend. “Yeah, it was electric ...