Pope Leo XIV praised consecrated men and women for going to the world's peripheries and refusing to abandon their people, ...

Q: Why are there so many different kinds of convents out there? I don't understand why a young woman who feels called to give ...

VATICAN: On February 2, the Church celebrated World Day for Consecrated Life, a time to honour men and women who dedicate ...

The 24th World Day for Consecrated Life Feb calls consecrated men and women to be the light of the world. Candelight procession during Mass with members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the ...

DETROIT — Amanda Ross and Hanan Ismail lay prostrate before Christ in the Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit and vowed themselves to the Lord as consecrated virgins.

Each year on Feb. 2, the Church marks the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. St. John Paul II established this observance in 1997 on the feast of the Presentation to thank God for the great ...

Every society has had groups of men and women who have pursued a community life at variance with that of mainstream society, and thus paradoxically transforming their societies for the better. They ...

Pope Francis sent a letter Monday to women living the vocation of consecrated virginity, exhorting them to be close to suffering people, and to lead them to Christ. "Be women of mercy, experts in ...

The Pope refered to consecrated persons as "an announcement of God’s presence, made loud and clear in a language that is comprehensible even to our contemporaries," "the eloquent sign of the presence ...

An Indian Catholic devotee holds a cross as she takes part in a protest in Mumbai on Feb. 9, 2015. (Photo: AFP/UCAN files) Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, has in recent years been ...