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This year the Diocese of Providence Office of Life & Family will not be having a Fall 40 Days for Life campaign. In place of 40 Days, we encourage all People of Life to...

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just hours before the sixth federal execution took place this year, and two days before the next one was scheduled, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to “ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve.”

The Diocese of Providence would like to invite you to celebrate Respect Life Month on Friday, October 2, 2020 in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence, during the 12:05pm Mass. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin is the main celebrant and homilist. Join us for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament immediately following Mass until 3:00pm. All are invited. 

...for Ethical Scrutiny of Fetal Tissue Research

ST. GABRIEL'S CALL: A CATHOLIC CHARITY SUPPORTED MINISTRY

The Diocese of Providence remains deeply concerned about the increase in domestic violence calls as a result of the coronavirus crisis...

During this uncertain time, St. Gabriel's Call, a ministry of the Diocese of Providence, funded by the Catholic Charity Appeal, continues to help mothers in need before, during, and after their pregnancies.

A CATHOLIC CHARITY APPEAL SUPPORTED MINISTRY: Through its St. Gabriel’s Call ministry, the Diocese of Providence continues to offer help to mothers before, during and after their pregnancies despite the ongoing corona virus pandemic...

Supporters are encouraged to pray from home.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, after delivering powerful testimony at the Rhode Island Statehouse, well-known pro-life advocate Christopher F. Young, 51, of Narragansett, died while driving home with his family.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- By blocking two pro-life bills from going to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote, senators "failed to advance two critical human rights reforms that most Americans strongly support," ...

Post-abortion retreats - all calls are confidential.

It was a long night for the 56 travelers riding an overnight bus to the nation’s capital to participate in the annual March for Life ...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women's suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

Join us Jan. 4th at our St. Gabriel’s Call Workshop to learn more about this volunteer opportunity. Share your time & talent reaching out to women during pregnancy up to 4 years of age who are desperate & in need of help.

‘Keep the Heat On,’ a heating assistance program of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, will kick off the 15th anniversary of the campaign Monday, November 25th

A bi-partisan bill, which makes certain acts of animal cruelty felonies, was passed unanimously in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives...

More than 30 people took part in the 40 Days for Life, Fall campaign for the Diocese of Providence...