OC Catholic is the official news source of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. It is published weekly on Sundays and covers a variety of topics related to the Catholic faith, including local news, events, and faith formation. The website also features a radio station, OC Catholic Radio, ...
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Beginning in 1910, Matthew Harkins, bishop of the Diocese of Providence, began working on his dream of starting a Catholic college. After years of land acquisition and negotiations, as well as a delay due to World War I, Providence College officially opened its doors in 1919 – two years ...
The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland announced Friday that is has added 22 new names to a list of priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a child. “The new names of diocesan clerics were added after the diocese concluded, based on the evidence available to it, that… Read...
Dioceses discuss priests’ work-life balance in Co. Clare Renata Steffens February 6, 2025 The third annual gathering of the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and Diocese of Clonfert recently took place in Spanish Point, Co. Clare. Over 60 people from both dioceses took part in ...
So anyway, a hundred thousand or so Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo will be losing their parishes because vocations were rarely nurtured and priests who were sexual predators. Now we come to my parish, St. Bernadette’s. “St. Bernies” is strong, vibrant and growing. Almost every mont...
The global Catholic institution of Catholic Distance University is one of the cheapest Catholic colleges on our list. The school was established in 1983 under the leadership of a founding bishop of the Diocese of Arlington. Today, the school offers rigorous academics that adhere to the faith and...
Okay, but who is to decide whether the good of the Church requires them? It seems to me that this is the bishops role. He knows his diocese, and if he gives his approval of certain innovations, then so be it. No? Furthermore, what you said implies that the music is ennobled by th...
The title to all property of religious corporations shall be vested in trustees, whose election shall be by the members of such corporations.” The title to the various Catholic Churches and schools is actually vested in the respective bishop of the diocese as trustee. “All oaths shall be ...
cardinals originated as clergy who had been incardinated in the diocese of Rome, their power to elect the new pope paid respect to the oldadagethat the bishop of Rome had to be chosenper electionem cleri et populi(“with an election by the clergy and the people”) of the diocese. ...