Priests/Priesthood

In a noisy world, “Benedictine life proposes something different: a way of inhabiting the world with greater attentiveness, balance and humanity.”

Learn about the priests who were among the pioneers as the United States expanded ever westward.

(OSV News) — Father James Musgrave III, 39, a Detroit native who is one of more than 400 men ordained to the priesthood in the United States this year, came …

“All were beatified as martyrs, as victims of the persecution by totalitarian regimes because of their fidelity to Christ,” Pope Leo XIV said.

“The disappearance of Father Luke Yugue three years ago … shows how fragile the lives of people are in the hands of the powerful.”

This is the official English translation of the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily for Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday.

What does the latest generation of priests in the U.S. look like, and what factors have shaped their vocation?

As pope, John Paul II held a tradition of writing a Holy Thursday letter to priests his entire pontificate.

Pope Leo XIV has called on Catholics to pray for priests who find themselves in crisis and to “support those who so often support us.”

“Life reveals itself as a continual act of trusting in the Lord and abandoning ourselves to him, even when his plans unsettle our own.”