SPRINGFIELD – The Massachusetts Catholic Conference (MCC) has confirmed reports that in the closing hours of the two-year legislative session, the Massachusetts State Senate passed legislation ...

When Germany surrendered to Allied Forces May 7, 1945, Catholics saw a nation and their church shattered. Adolf Hitler’s destructive reign had turned many Germans into brutes or victims of the Nazis’ ...

SPRINGFIELD – Local media reported over the weekend that Father Frank Lawlor will be leaving his position as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Westfield at the end of summer, remaining in residence in the ...

SPRINGFIELD — With great anticipation and after years of preparation, study and prayer, Deacon Barrent Pease became the Diocese of Springfield’s newest priest, Saturday, June 10. Springfield Bishop ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD – On the opening weekend of the Big E in West Springfield, Bishop William D. Byrne celebrated a 10 a.m. Mass ...

Father Barrent Pease will become administrator of St. John Paul II Parish, Adams, and St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, Cheshire. Father Paul Norman will become administrator of St. Mary and All ...

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 – 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 ...

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 ...

(OSV News) — The grace of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen comes with corresponding responsibility for Catholics in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle ...

SPRINGFIELD- The Diocese of Springfield is announcing the suspension of Stigmatine Father Paolo Bagattini, who was assigned to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Springfield after receiving a report of ...

(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 ...