Bishop-elect Anthony C. Celino will have his episcopal ordination Friday at St. Patrick Cathedral. He will be the first auxiliary bishop for the Catholic Diocese of El Paso in its 109-year history. He ...

Pope Francis today made two key episcopal appointments, naming Archbishop Michel Aupetit, a former medical doctor and bioethics expert respected in the pro-life movement in France, as the new ...

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Turmoil in the Anglican Communion appears set to increase following Episcopal Church leaders’ approval of a resolution to ordain homosexual bishops. The new decision dismisses an earlier call by ...

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Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley ordained the Rev. Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston in a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Saturday. Barbosa ...

AMHERST - Some 175 people were in attendance Saturday as the Right Rev. Douglas Fisher, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, ordained his diocese's newest priest - Rev. Victoria ...

The Rev. Skip Walker became an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church on Wednesday evening, and his music band blessed the service with a little jazz. It was a sign Walker was very much at peace in a ...

Tensions between Cathedral Church of the Advent and the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama have flared up since a Dec. 7 service ordaining four new priests at the cathedral. Advent Cathedral Interim Dean ...

In what could be a bellwether for Sino-Vatican relations, for the first time in three years a bishop approved by the Holy See will be ordained for the Catholic Church in mainland China on August 4.