The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has come ... to punish and publicly reveal the identities of priests and deacons in at least six separate cases that the church had determined were ...

Within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and similar traditions, formal blessings of the church are performed by bishops, priests, and sometimes deacons, but as in many other religions ...

ROME (AP) — Parishoners gathered inside St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to mark the start of Lent by receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday. Deacon Chris ...

Deacons rank lower than priests and can perform ... The ordaining was received with much joy among members of the Roman Catholic Church, especially since the number of men entering priesthood ...

The Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci, D.D., Bishop of Manchester, the Roman Catholic Church in New Hampshire, ordained Rev. Jordan Easley to the priesthood at Saint Joseph Cathedral in Manchester on Feb ...