PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from ...

PALMYRA, Pa. — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three ...

The Capuchin Franciscan friars are a Roman Catholic religious order of brothers and priests inspired by the life and ideals of St. Francis of Assisi and living a life of prayer and service to others.

When they couldn’t find vocation stories for children, Father Jeffrey Kirby and Marguerite Wertz decided to write their own. In 2010, they published Becoming Father Bob for boys, which quickly became ...

On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, with the theme “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples,” the Vatican news agency Fides presented some statistics ...

Friendship, faith and a focus on vocations mixed with bounce passes, layups and rebounds last Saturday in a three-on-three ...

Such formation, he noted, should go beyond intellectual training and focus on missionary spirituality, inculturation, and ...

While the global Church grapples with a staggering decline in vocations, the Church in Vietnam faces a distinct challenge: ...