Text of Cardinal Frank Leo’s Message for the World Day of Consecrated Life on Feb. 2, 2026 ...

Pope Francis’ message was read at the beginning of a Mass for consecrated men and women in Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica on Feb. 2. Pope Francis greets the crowd at his Sunday Angelus address on Jan.

Since Pope John Paul II reinstated it, 2,000 have married Christ. July 14, 2011— -- In many ways, Elizabeth Lee's consecration ceremony was similar to the wedding that every little girl dreams of ...

A new Vatican instruction on the role of consecrated virginity has drawn criticism from an American group, which says that a key paragraph of the document could lead to confusion. At issue is whether ...

In 1985, she was the first in Bangladesh to embrace this vocation, reintroduced after the Second Vatican Council and now ...

False securities can mislead religious life, but they also invite a return to what truly sustains a vocation. The endurance ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The vocation Eileen Belongea will soon enter as a devout Roman Catholic — consecrated virgin, living in the world — evokes images of ancient civilizations and early Christianity. Yet, ...

CHICAGO -- Theresa Ann Marie Drajin walked down the aisle of Holy Name Cathedral in a white dress and left the church with a gold ring on her finger. But it wasn't your typical wedding because her ...

A woman in the Philippines has vowed to spend her life as a consecrated virgin, the oldest recognized form of consecrated life in the Catholic Church. Ursulina Presbitero, from the central province of ...

On the 25th day of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Church in Jerusalem welcomed a new consecrated member into its fold. María Ruiz Rodríguez made her consecration in the Ordo ...

When she stands at the altar of her East Aurora church this morning in a white silk gown and veil, Lori Rose Cannizzaro won't be exchanging vows with a tuxedoed fiance. Quite the contrary. Cannizzaro, ...