Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Deacon's Bench

Home
Catholic
Religion News

Priests

Select a Category "Mad Men" 9/11 advent All Things New Amazing video amazing videos amazon america Anglicans Anti-Catholicism art ascension thursday ash wednesday Atheists baltimore Bible Bishops Blogging bonnie engstrom Books bridgeport Brooklyn Chaplains children christian art christmas Church Churches CNEWA Converts criticism Deacons Death Penalty easter eastern christian Eastern Christians Ecumenism Education education Eucharist Europe euthanasia Evangelization Exorcism Family Feasts Gay rights Good Friday Great links Great Moments in Journalism Hanging with the saints heather renshaw Hispanic Catholics Hispanics History homelies Homilies Humor Hymn of the Week Immigration indianapolis Inspiration Interfaith news ireland Jesus Jews Journalism Judaism lent Liturgy logos Marriage Mary Media Medical news Mental health Middle East Monks Movies Music Muslims My world and welcome to it New Evangelization new york News Nuns Parenting Parish life peoria Persecution Politics politics Pope pope francis pope john paul Prayer Preaching Priests Pro-life Quote of the day radio rebecca frech ripp Ripped from the headlines rippred from the headlines Sacraments saints Scripture sex abuse Sex abuse crisis SEX ABUSE CRISIS TAGGED WITH: SEX ABUSE CRISIS The people in the pews the visitation project theatre This & that Thomas Merton Trappists TV Uncategorized uncategorized Vatican VATICAN vocation Vocations Voices & Views Women Worth a thousand words Writing Year of Faith year of mercy young people

Select a Month December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010

May 2019

May 20, 2019

One More Reason to Pray for Priests

In a word: workload. I spotted this story about the ordination of priests last weekend...

May 20, 2019

Is It a Scandal to Leave the Priesthood?

A few commenters on social media were upset and even angry over the news that...

May 15, 2019

Bombshell: Police Raid Catholic Diocesan Properties in Dallas

From CNN: Dallas police searched the headquarters of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas and other...

May 13, 2019

Prayer Request: For Catholics Killed After Attending Sunday Mass

The target appears to have been the priest shown in this picture — who was...

May 08, 2019

How About Parish Missions on Contraception?

My friend Father Matthew Schneider offers a modest proposal: In the 1930s or 1950s, how...

May 05, 2019

A Priest Writes: ‘How Can I Love My Gay Uncle?’

From the Rev. Joshua Whitfield in The Dallas Morning News, wrestling with questions for which...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Courage: Sri Lanka Church Holds First Mass Since Bombings and Ordains a Priest

From the AP: The checkpoints started just outside of an east Sri Lanka village, the...

April 08, 2019

Maybe We Need More Priests Like This Today

From North Texas Catholic, here's an amazing account of the life of Father Peter Anthony Levy,...

April 05, 2019

How Do You Fix the Seminaries?

The system needs reform, according to these authors in Commonweal, and they offer some ideas,...

April 02, 2019

Priest Announces: ‘I Am Autistic’

A bold and brave admission from my friend and blog neighbor Father Matthew Schneider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=nHGPeGbheSY...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Tragic End: Remains Found of Missing Priest

Some may remember when I posted on this story two years ago. Now, an update,...

March 19, 2019

Boom: Spain Sees Jump in Ordinations to Priesthood

From CNS: Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 percent in the...

March 08, 2019

Vatican Stats: Worldwide More Catholics, Bishops, Deacons; Fewer Priests

Catholicism by the numbers: The percentage of Catholics in the world has remained steady, while...

March 08, 2019

The problems of ordaining ‘viri probati’ as married priests — and how this relates to deacons

A good analysis from Charles Collins in Crux, who looks at a proposal that may...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Stunning Video on the Priesthood: ‘Are You Weak Enough to be a Priest?’

This Sunday at my parish, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of our administrator's ordination to...

February 17, 2019

The New York Times Delves Into the World of Gay Priests

Hot on the heels of the McCarrick defrocking, and just in time for the summit...

February 10, 2019

Unsung Hero: Meet the Priest Who Is Chaplain to Chicago’s Cops

From CBS News: Chicago police are investigating an officer's death last Saturday as a possible...

February 05, 2019

How Can You Help a Priest? Here’s Some Advice

Father John Hollowell posted this on his blog On This Rock, and it tackles some...

December 2018

December 17, 2018

How one priest is trying to increase Mass attendance

After reading the diocesan report of slumping Mass attendance, what is a priest to do?...

December 15, 2018

Fr. Jim Sichko’s generous mission of mercy: ‘I’m a beggar for Christ’

I've posted stories about this tireless priest in the past — most recently, about his...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Pope Francis on homosexual priests: ‘In religious life, there’s no room for that kind of affection’

From Catholic News Agency: In a book-length interview to be published next week, Pope Francis...

November 24, 2018

Welcome to the 21st century: priests issued ID cards with barcodes to confirm standing in Church

It's happening in the U.K. Does anyone know where else they have started doing this?...

November 13, 2018

Report: J.R.R. Tolkein’s priest son faced allegations of child sex abuse

Details: A Catholic priest accused of child abuse was not reported to police despite apparently...

November 11, 2018

Recipe for kindness: How a priest is keeping his mother’s legacy alive

The unfailingly creative and generous Father Jim Sichko — who has made a few appearances...

November 01, 2018

New York priest may celebrate funeral Mass for Whitey Bulger

Details: An East Village priest who IRA gun runners called "the underground general" may give...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

New York bishop accused of sex abuse

Cardinal Timothy Dolan made the announcement this morning: Dear Member of the Family of the...

October 27, 2018

‘Here is a happy priest’: World Priest Day 2018

This weekend, we mark World Priest Day: WORLD PRIEST DAY (WPD) has been sponsored by the Worldwide...

October 24, 2018

UPDATE: Eparchy says August attack on Byzantine priest never happened; priest placed on leave

You may remember this story from last summer, which got lots of media attention: Fr....

October 22, 2018

Eastern prelate on married priests: ‘To remove celibacy will not resolve the problem’

From Crux: So far there really haven’t been any great political battles during this month’s...

September 2018

September 23, 2018

Cupich removes pastor from parish after he burned rainbow flag

From The Chicago Tribune: Days after it was revealed that the Rev. Paul Kalchik of...