Newly ordained priest Father Peter Bassey celebrated his first Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Providence on November 11. Father Bassey was an active member of the African Catholic Community at ...

PROVIDENCE—Officials from the Diocese of St. Petersburg have informed the Diocese of Providence that a deacon serving at St. Mary Parish in Tampa, Florida has been relieved of his assignment as a ...

The Sisters of Mercy – Northeast Community congratulated twenty-three sisters in Rhode Island who are celebrating Jubilee anniversaries this fall, and who collectively have provided 1,595 years of … ...

Bishop Emeritus Louis E. Gelineau blows out the candles of his birthday cake as he celebrates his 90th birthday with dear friends Deacon Robert Lafond, his wife Diane and their granddaughter Emersyn, ...

The Blessed Virgin Mary, honored especially during this month of October as Our Lady of the Rosary, has been integral to the Christian experience since the angel Gabriel appeared to her in Nazareth ...

Since July 14, 1790, the French people have celebrated the storming of the Bastille prison as a celebration of the unity of the French nation during the French Revolution. Yet this is very far from … ...

To the editor: It was January 19, 2004, and my Mom, Mary E. Burns, who was an invalid, fell out of her chair and broke her back, hip, shoulder, leg and arm. She was rushed to Rhode Island … ...

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WARWICK – Catholic medical professionals were urged on Monday evening to be rich in what matters to God and join the Church in its advocacy for a health care reform package that is inclusive to all ...

PROVIDENCE - Father Robert Bailey accepts well wishes from Muriel Craig, one of his new parishioners. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin installed Father Bailey as the new pastor of Holy Cross Church in ...

PROVIDENCE — Leadership, benefactors and supporters of Rhode Island Right to Life gathered at Cathedral Square on Wednesday, May 31, to unveil the Ancora Women’s Mobile Care Center, a mobile ...

“Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he … ...