In St. Mark’s Gospel account, the measures for the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on what later generations have understandably described as Palm Sunday are quite similar to the arrangements ...

Bishop Tobin is clearly a believer with strong Catholic faith. Although he once graciously invited an Evangelical preacher from Woonsocket to speak from the pulpit of the diocesan cathedral, and while ...

PROVIDENCE — The Catholic Communication Campaign is an annual national collection to support evangelization through the internet, television, radio, and print publications. This annual collection is ...

Bishop Richard G. Henning Succeeds Him as Bishop of Providence On Monday, May 1, Pope Francis accepted the retirement of Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D., from pastoral governance. Bishop Tobin was ...

But this Sunday, June 19, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, that 50-year tradition will change when Bishop Thomas J. Tobin blesses a newly installed marble cathedra at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and ...

The most recognizable emblem of Christianity is indeed the Cross. Church steeples, Catholic sanctuaries, and parish graveyards testify to Calvary’s solemn instrument of torture. The Cross holds ...

Whenever I pray the Holy Rosary, and come upon the first of the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Agony in the Garden, I stop to think how lonely, how abandoned, Jesus must have felt in that moment. Think … ...

A number of years ago I attended the episcopal ordination of a new auxiliary bishop in another diocese. At the end of the ceremony, as is the custom, the newly minted bishop addressed a few remarks to ...

On Monday, Nov. 22, a class at The Prout School hosted a healthy breakfast for all students and faculty. The class was inspired to host the breakfast by a similar event that was held in Prout’s Latin ...

PROVIDENCE — As Sarah Perin-Monterroso prepared to embark on another mission trip to the Dominican Republic this week, she reflected on the path her mission work has taken her with El Catolico. She is ...

CHICAGO — Rhode Island Catholic and its Spanish language publication, El Católico de Rhode Island, were honored on Thursday, July 2, with a combined 27 awards by the Catholic Press Association of the ...

Although the Far East nation of India is overwhelmingly Hindu, an ancient Christian church community has existed since Apostolic times along the country’s Malabar Coast. A very strong tradition ...