A secretary interrupts a busy executive’s schedule announcing the visit of a salesman. The executive growls, “Tell him I’m busy!” and he goes back to practicing his putt. The secretary politely tells the salesman that […]
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Denver Newsroom, Jul 19, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
The prospect of private parties using national security-style surveillance technology to track the movements and activities of bishops, priests, and other Church personnel is raising … […]
New York City, N.Y., Jun 7, 2021 / 16:00 pm It is customary for a newly-ordained priest to impart a first blessing. For Father Matthew Breslin, who was ordained May 29, his first blessing was […]
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Quilmes, Argentina, Jun 7, 2021 / 15:19 pm (CNA).
Luis Avagliano served as a permanent deacon for 27 years, but after the death of his wife almost seven years ago he felt God’s call to be “the father of many more children”, and w… […]
Pope Francis with French priests studying in Rome during a meeting at the Vatican on June 7, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.
Vatican City, Jun 7, 2021 / 08:06 am (CNA).
Pope Francis told a group of young French priests on Monday that weakness… […]
Pope Francis kisses the hands of a newly ordained priest in St. Peter’s Basilica, April 25, 2021. / Vatican Media.
CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2021 / 04:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis ordained nine men to the priesthood on Sunday, urging them to be shepherds … […]
Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka / Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish.
Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 22, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka didn’t know how long he had been unconscious. A gentle slapping on his face stirred him, an… […]
Boston, Mass., Apr 16, 2021 / 02:18 am America/Denver (CNA). This past week, the Archdiocese of Boston released its new vocation discernment initiative, Scivias, designed to bring vocational guidance to a COVID-19 online world. “The goal […]
Vatican City, Apr 12, 2021 / 07:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Cardinal Marc Ouellet announced Monday that the Vatican will host a theological symposium on the priesthood that will touch on questions raised in recent synods, […]
Fr. Quan Tran is a parochial vicar at St. Bonaventure Parish in Huntington Beach, California, in the Diocese of Orange. He was born in Vietnam, but fled the country at age six with his family […]
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