During this Year for Vocations in the Springfield Diocese, Catholic Communications has invited seminarians and priests, both active and retired, to participate in a “mini-survey” by submitting answers ...

WESTFIELD – The Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Taxpayer Funded Abortion held a training session, Thursday, Sept. 11 at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Westfield, to instruct volunteers on ...

CHICAGO (OSV News) — A significant number of Catholic health workers in Illinois are now covered by a temporary restraining order on the state’s new physician assisted suicide law that took effect ...

VATICAN CITY — A new documentary is bringing Pope Leo XIV and Hollywood actor Chris Pratt together to dive into the history ...

SPRINGFIELD – With masks and seated every other row, people gathered at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield to witness the ordination of five new priests in the Diocese of Springfield. After a ...

SPRINGFIELD – Bishop William Byrne has named Father Piotr Calik as vicar general of the Diocese of Springfield. A vicar general reports to the bishop and is the moderator of the curia, or ...

SPRINGFIELD – Bishop William D. Byrne announced a new Strategic Realignment Initiative to examine how to best meet the needs and carry out the mission of the church in western Massachusetts given the ...

(OSV News) — The pews may be a bit more crowded at Mass this Easter — but on balance, regular church attendance in the U.S. continues to decline across the board, particularly among Catholics. Gallup ...

SPRINGFIELD – Accompanied by their wives, seven men processed into St. Michael’s Cathedral ready to serve as permanent deacons in the Diocese of Springfield. Springfield Bishop William D. Byrne ...

HOLYOKE – Twenty-one Sisters of St. Joseph marked special anniversaries of their entrance into religious life with a June 9 Mass at Mont Marie, followed by a private gathering with friends and family ...

ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in his first Easter Triduum liturgy as pope, saying that Jesus taught us how to love like he loves during the ...

SPRINGFIELD – Throughout the spring and summer months, a number of diocesan and religious order priests in the Springfield Diocese were reassigned. Others left for medical leaves and some retired.