COMMENTARY: In a society that tends to reject or gloss over sexual differences, it is crucial that we recognize the distinctive difference in the way that Our Lord calls and speaks to the hearts of ...

“Knock, knock, knockity-knock! / ‘It’s eight o’clock,’ the Sister said. / ‘Who can it be that comes to see / The convent all abed?’” A young girl crosses the threshold, taking her first steps in ...

(RNS) — While the numbers of priests and nuns have declined in recent decades, many millennials and Gen Zers still find a calling to religious life in the Catholic Church, even if the path to ...

Jennifer Tucker, a passionate advocate for vocations, discusses her involvement in the Church and her work with the Serra Club in Arkansas.

The life of a religious brother unfolds silently in a world driven by countless demands—hidden in prayer, community, and everyday obedience. Yet behind the silence lies a profound human narrative of ...

Members of Catholic religious congregations in South Korea have called for concerted efforts to tackle a decline in vocation and blamed secularization as a cause for the decrease in the number of ...

Sister Pia Jude and Sister Luca Benedict are both Sisters of Life who will be speaking at the upcoming Life Fest, a morning of prayer for youth put on by the Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of ...

DAVENPORT — Sister M. Anthony Worrell, OSF, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christ the Divine Teacher, works hard ...

This month's question brings us to the end of our journey with the inspiring group of panelists for the seventh season of The Life. While public discussion often highlights declining numbers in ...

This will be the fifth, and last, of my columns in this short series on the Holy Spirit. Admittedly, there is still so much that can and ought to be said about the need for a more robust pneumatology ...

Taxi driver Bartholomew Hoang Thanh Tung was deeply disappointed when his 15-year-old son gave up his studies at a pre-seminary last year. But Tung admits that equal blame rests on him and his wife, ...