Says only Pope Francis can heal the divide in the Catholic Church

This new live theater production based on the life of Father Augustus Tolton, the first African American Catholic priest, on Sunday, September 9th at 3:00pm. Tolton is a live, one-man multimedia drama and is currently on a national tour - McVinney Auditorium is the only Rhode Island performance! Learn more!

Tues., Sept. 4 Providence Journal 'My Turn' feature by Phil Ricci, the administrator of the Catholic Athletic League of the Diocese of Providence.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Among the thousands of young altar servers braving the sweltering Rome heat, a group from the United States sat patiently in the shade of the colonnade in St. Peter's Square waiting to take their seats.

Registration is still open for the first-ever Diocesan Youth Day. This daylong event for teens and young adults will feature Mass, Adoration, worship music, speakers and much more...

WEST BEND, Iowa (CNS) -- With apologies to Fats Domino, Father Lawrence Carney is "walkin' and talkin' about you and me," and hoping that listeners will come back to -- not "me" -- but God.

Celebrated on September 1st, this annual day was established by Pope Francis in 2015.

WPRI 12's Mike Montecalvo sat down for an exclusive interview with Bishop Tobin about the clergy sex abuse scandal.

The Chancery Office Building, located at One Cathedral Square, Providence, will be closed Monday, September 3rd in observance of Labor Day.

Comments from Bishop Tobin on the divide in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

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Sun., Aug. 26 Providence Journal 'My Turn' feature by Kevin O’Brien, the Director of Compliance for the Diocese of Providence and former Major of the Rhode Island State Police.

Pope Francis has said that shepherds "should have the smell of the sheep." For some bishops and their dioceses, that means going on Twitter.

"I humbly ask you to join me in a special day of prayer and penance on Friday, September 14th..."

St. Philip Church sends largest youth group to Steubenville East

On the day of her Assumption, Mary our Mother was solemnly crowned by Christ and received by the whole court of Heaven as Queen.

A pair of trees stand on the grounds of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary house on Fruit Hill Avenue. They were planted in 2009 to mark the 96th birthday of one of the sisters in residence there, Sister Savina D’Agostino, FMM.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "No effort must be spared" to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and "to prevent the possibility of their being covered up," Pope Francis said in a letter addressed "to the people of God."