When speaking about vocational life, the first people who come to mind are often married couples, priests or nuns. Lesser known is the vocation of consecrated virginity, although it is the oldest ...

DETROIT — Amanda Ross and Hanan Ismail lay prostrate before Christ in the Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit and vowed themselves to the Lord as consecrated virgins.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicole Bettini, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ delegate for consecrated life, said that as she has walked with people discerning their vocations, she feels as though she has “a front row ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from all over the world converged on Rio de Janeiro to join Pope Francis for World Youth Day, but for many of these youth, the road to Rio will ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida, has been appointed as the next executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy ...