After Mass, Conventual Franciscan Father Brad Milunski, the pastor and rector of the Basilica of St. Stanislaus Bishop and ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Taxpayer Funded Abortion is seeking signatures for an initiative petition in attempt to remove abortion as a constitutional right. Close to 75,000 ...

WESTFIELD – The signature petition drive to pause and repeal the recently passed abortion expansion law is in its final stretch, with petitions due at city clerks’ offices by Oct. 23. Massachusetts ...

SPRINGFIELD – Baystate Health and Trinity Health of New England, in a joint press release April 28, announced they have signed an agreement to transition Mercy Medical Center, its joint venture ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A plan by Pentagon officials to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December has been met with mounting bipartisan criticism from ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference ...

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the newly elected dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the closing Mass for the Vatican meeting of bishops on marriage and family on ...

(OSV News) — Shortly after Pope Leo XIV announced he will undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule, Catholic bishops, clergy, religious and other faithful in the U.S. and Canada offered their promise ...

SPRINGFIELD – With Respect Life Month underway, Bishop William D. Byrne is encouraging all to participate in the Hosea Initiative’s Mercy 4 Life, Sunday, Oct. 11. Parishes can offer specific ...

ROME (OSV News) — Forty years after St. John Paul II gathered leaders of the world’s religions in Assisi for a landmark day of prayer for peace, Pope Leo XIV will return to the city Oct. 27 for the ...

HOLYOKE – The Rev. Joseph P. Marchese, a priest of the Diocese of Springfield and a member of the Ordination Class of 1969, died on Oct. 23. He was 83 years old.