“When I think about a vocational call, I think of two things: First, God is the one who calls, and it is always a call of ...

Poland stands out as the undisputed leader in religious vocations in Europe in 2025, with 206 new ordained priests, the highest number on the continent. This recent data from the Polish Catholic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, ...

Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a ...

If you are Catholic, one might recognize that the three Church-designated vocation callings are — religious life, marriage, and being single. However, within the Catholic community discourse, one ...

PALMYRA, Pa. — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three ...

With his upcoming ordination, 'Deacon Danny' will become the third priest in his immediate family, which also includes a religious sister with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, ...

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from ...

Zoey Stapleton, a postulant with the Franciscan Sisters, T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, attends Mass in Toronto, Ohio on Nov. 7, 2024. AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski PALMYRA, Pa. — It was a ...